Antonio Bertali ( Italian. Antonio Bertali ; March 1605 , Verona , Republic of Venice - April 17, 1669 , Vienna , Archduke Austria ) - Italian composer and violinist , he worked mainly in Vienna .
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| Full name | Antonio Bertali |
| Date of Birth | 1605 |
| Place of Birth | Verona , Republic of Venice |
| Date of death | April 17, 1669 |
| Place of death | Vienna , Archduchy of Austria |
| A country |  Archduchy of Austria |
| Professions | composer , violinist |
| Instruments | violin |
| Genres | classical music |
Biography
Antonio Bertali was born in March 1605 in Verona, in the Republic of Venice. Primary music education received from Stefano Bernardi. Soon the fame of him, as a virtuoso performer of musical works on the violin, spread beyond the borders of his native city.
In 1623 he moved to Vienna. From 1624 he served as court musician at the court of Emperor Ferdinand II. On April 1, 1637, he received the position of violinist in the court chapel in Vienna , and in 1641 he was appointed vice-chapel master of the imperial chapel. On October 1, 1649, he was appointed conductor, replacing Giovanni Valentini on this post. He was assigned a salary of 1200 florins.
Most of the writings of Antonio Bertali wrote commissioned by emperors and representatives of the imperial family. Among them is the cantata “The Regal Wife” ( ital. Donna real ), which premiered in Vienna, in the court theater on January 21, 1631, on the day of the marriage of Ferdinand II and the infanta Maria Anna of Spain, “Regensburg Mass” ( Latin Missa Ratisbonensis ) was first heard in Regensburg in 1636, “Requiem Ferdinand II” ( ital. Requiem pro Ferdinando II ), opera (“dramatic story”, ital. favola dramatica ) “Thetis” ( ital. Theti ), staged on the stage of Teatro Ducale in Mantua, in carnival in 1652, on the occasion of the visit of the Archduke Ferdinand Carl of Austria. In 1653, Emperor Ferdinand III, went to the imperial Diet to Regensburg with a retinue of 60 musicians, ordering Antonio Bertali a new opera. The premiere took place on February 20 of the same year in Regensburg. The opera was called “The Deception of Love” ( Italian. L'inganno d'amore ). The most famous work of Antonio Bertali is "Chaconne" ( Italian. Ciaconna ). At the court of the Habsburgs, the composer enjoyed special support, which allowed him to dominate the scenes of the opera houses of Vienna until his death.
Antonio Bertali died on April 17, 1669 in Vienna.
Creative heritage
The composer’s creative heritage includes 9 operas , several oratorios , a cantata , and numerous chamber and spiritual compositions . [1] A total of about 600 works. His operas are different from the established traditions of the Italian opera-series in Vienna.
About half of his works are lost. Copies of the works of Antonio Bertali, made by his contemporary Pavel Joseph Veyvanovskiy , are preserved ; several dozen author's autographs are kept in the Hof Library in Vienna, the library of Kremsmünster Abbey and the Kroměříž archive. The most important source of works by Antonio Bertali is the catalog in Vienna ( Italian. Distinta Specificatione ), which lists several court composers of the Habsburgs. It contains more than 200 compositions by the composer.
Notes
- ↑ Werke von und über Antonio Bertali (him) . Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek.
Links
- Raoul Meloncelli. Bertali (Bartali, Berthali), Antonio . Treccani.it. - Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 9 (1967). (ital.)
- Bertali, Antonio . Treccani.it. - Enciclopedie on line. (ital.)