Giuseppe Torelli ( Italian: Giuseppe Torelli ; April 22, 1658 , Verona - February 8, 1709 , Bologna ) - Italian composer, violinist, viola player, teacher. Brother of the artist Felice Torelli .
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| Date of Birth | April 22, 1658 |
| Place of Birth | Verona |
| Date of death | February 8, 1709 (aged 50) |
| Place of death | Bologna |
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Mostly worked in Bologna ( 1686 - 1695 , 1701 - 1709 ), as well as in Ansbach ( 1697 - 1699 ) and Vienna (1699-1701). He developed the concerto grosso genre, the most actively among the baroque composers used the trumpet, and left over 30 concerts for trumpet and orchestra.
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Biography
In his youth he studied with J. Massaroti in Verona . He studied at the Bologna Philharmonic Academy with J. A. Perty (composition) and, apparently, with E. Gaibara (violin) [1] .
In 1686-1695 he served as an altist in the church chapel in Bologna. Since 1695 he played in German courts, mainly in Berlin and Ansbach, in 1701 he returned to Bologna [2] .
Among his students is Francesco Manfredini .
Compositions
- 10 sonate a tre, op. 1 ( 1686 )
- Concerti da camera a due violini e basso, op. 2 (1686)
- Sinfonie a due, tre e quattro strumenti, op. 3 ( 1687 )
- 12 sonate per violino e basso continuo, op. 4 ( 1688 )
- Concerto e sinfonia a quattro, op. 5 ( 1692 )
- Concerti musicali a quattro, op. 6 ( 1698 )
- Capricci musicali per violino e viola, op. 7
- Concerti grossi, op. 8 (1-6 per 2 violini, 7-12 per 1 violino; 1709 )
- Oltre 30 concerti per 1, 2 o 4 trombe e orchestra
Notes
- ↑ Ginzburg L.S. Torelli D. // Musical Encyclopedia / Ed. Yu. V. Keldysh . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, Soviet Composer, 1981. - T. 5.
- ↑ Biography of Giuseppe Torelli
Literature
- Giegling F. Giuseppe Torelli: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des italienischen Konzerts. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1949