Giuseppe Torelli, baroque violinist and composer, is most known for his contributions to the development of the instrumental concerto. Torelli is also noted as being the most prolific composer of baroque trumpet repertoire, with Concerto for Trumpet in D Major being one of his most renowned works that is still widely performed to this day.
Although the foundation of his career is as a virtuoso violinist and composer of string chamber works, his involvement at S. Petronio led him to contributing immensely to the development of trumpet repertoire. While it is not known whether he studied under Leonardo Brugnoli or Bartolomeo Laurenti while building his career as a performer, they were both S. Petronio players and ultimately led to his involvement
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His appearances at S. Petronio become less consistent between 1690 and 1695 due to his frequent absences- approximately eighteen months during a nine-year period. During these absences he would travel to other places such as Parma and Modena to perform as a violinist. The S. Petronio orchestra was later disbanded in January, 1696 due to economic reasons.
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During his time as a performer as S. Petronio he was still busy composing a wide variety of works. His first two published works, the ten Sonate a 3, for violin and basso continuo, and 12 Concerto da camera, for two violins and basso continuo, appeared in 1686- shortly after his arrival in Bologna. His third collection of works, 12 Sinfonie, was published in 1687 for two to four non-specific instruments. His fourth collection, 12 Concertino per camera, was written for violin and cello and was published in
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Petronio ultimately led him to becoming the most prolific Italian composer of baroque trumpet pieces. He contributed over three dozen pieces variously entitled sonata, sinfonia, or concerto, for one to four trumpets, to the collection of trumpet repertoire. All eight of his collections of concerts, sinfonias, and sonatas were published chronologically, making it easy to trace his progress as a composer and how he contributed to the concerto and concerto grosso genres over his career. Torelli’s works are well preserved and those that were not published remain in manuscript. Although Giuseppe Torelli built his career as a virtuoso violinist and composer of string chamber works he contributed immensely to the world of trumpet literature to the point where he has become a household name in the realm of modern trumpet
He composed some very good music that is still played today in classrooms all over the world. Like what was said in the paper earlier Hector Berlioz was a great french composer that had a huge contributor to Romanticism. Hope this paper let you have a better outlook on his life from early childhood to his death and everything
No career, however, open up before him. He had to continue playing at the low sailors? haunts and to eke out his earnings by giving cheap lessons and arranging popular music for the piano or for brass bands. This hack work continued for what must have seemed a distressingly long time, and it was brightened for him only by the composition of three important works for his instrument, the scherzo in E flat minor (Op. 4) in 1851, the Sonata in F sharp minor (Op.2) in 1852 and the Sonata in C major (Op. I) early in 1853.]
Batrolomeo Cristofori brings the piano into the musical arena around 1709 in Florence, Italy. One of Cristoforis previous instruments, the harpsichord, actually brought about the idea of the piano. Cristofori wanted to develop a more dynamic instrument, because the harpsichord had such a small dynamic range. His answer to that problem was the ‘gravicembali col piano e forte,’ which meant harpsichord with soft and loud. This long name was shortened to pianoforte, and then eventually forte was dropped, and now these modern instruments are known as pianos. As the keeper of instruments in Prince Ferdinand’s court in Florence, Cristofori reinvented the harpsichord into the piano. The actual date that he created the piano is unknown, but
At the age of 17, Balanchine entered the Conservatory of Music. He studied piano, composition and th...
...n 1705, his first composed pieces where published. These pieces were his Opus 1 which was twelve Sonatas for two violins and basso continuo in conventional style. His second collection, Opus 2 was published it was the same as the format of the first. Twelve sonatas meant for the two violins and basso continuo in conventional style. Opus 3 was the breakthrough that he was looking for. It was twelve concerti for one, two and four violins. This piece was dedicated and sponsored to the Grand Prince of Tuscany, Ferdinand. Stabat Mater was one of his earliest masterpieces. Even though the piece looked like it was written in haste, the string parts were simple, movements one, two, and three were repeated in the next three, and not all the text was set it was a wonderful piece. Perhaps he wrote it that way on purpose and it was just the forced essentiality of the music.
Born in 1556, Giovanni Gabrieli was an Italian composer who worked for the St. Mark’s Cathedral in Venice. During his time there, he composed works for separate choirs for both vocal and instrumental performers. One of his most famous pieces comes from his Sacrae Symphoniae completed in 1597; the Sonata Pian e Forte. Gabrieli was both a composer and organist in Renaissance and Baroque transitional period which caused elements of both periods to be demonstrated within his compositions. With instrumental music becoming more popular, it was becoming quite common during this time to have a composer who also played an instrument, especially the piano or organ. Sonata Pian e Forte gained fame from being a work that demonstrated a few characteristics and ideas about sound that had yet to be seen or often used.
In 1703 Vivaldi became a priest and acquired the nickname "The Red Priest", since he had red hair. He had become a priest against his own will because it was the only possible way for his poor family to obtain free schooling. In 1704 he was pardoned from celebrating the Holy Mass because of his ill health, and later became a violin teacher at an orphanage for girls called Ospedale della Pietà in Venice. The orphans soon started to gain appreciation and esteem as Vivaldi wrote most of his concertos, cantate and sacred music for them. In 1705 the first collection of his works was published. He was a prolific composer and is most well known for composing over 500 concertos, 46 Operas, sinfonias, 73 sonatas, chamber music, and sacred music. His most famous work is said to be the Four Seasons.
There are two pieces in our Renaissance Era musical feature this evening, the first by Pierre Phalèse called Passamezzo d'Italye - Reprise – Gaillarde. Phalèse began as a bookseller in 1545 and not long after he set up a publishing house. By 1575 he had around 189 music books. Much of his work was devoted to sacred music but there was a small amount of Flemish songs and instrumental works. Phalèse borrowed work from many composers and did not hesitate to include other composer’s music in his works. The sec...
In 1983, William Kraft wrote concertos for the timpani.(3) Some music and their composers that used the timpani are: Also Sprach Zarathustra by Strauss-Richard which is a Tone Poem during the Romantic Period, Fanfare for the Common Man by Copland which is a Short Piece during the Modern (Serious) Period, Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor by Borodin, which is a Tone Poem during the Romantic Period, and Portsmouth by Various which is a
In 1829, he left his hometown and started his music tour to Italy, France and England. During this period of time, he published many significant compositions, which included the overture Die Hebriden (1829), the Reformation Symphony (1830) and the Italian Symphony (1832) etc.
Nepomuk Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto in E is one of the most famous pieces in the trumpet repertoire and one of Hummel’s most recognizable works. Hummel had a very close connection to Mozart and his works, which helped establish a foundation for Hummel’s compositional style. His studies and friendship were no doubt an influence in creating this masterpiece for the trumpet. When listening to Hummel’s concerto for trumpet, one can find direct references Mozart’s Don Giovanni and other works by Mozart. Although Mozart was only apart of Hummel’s life for a brief period of time, he left the largest impression on Hummel’s compositions and it is very apparent in the Trumpet Concerto in E.
Vivaldi’s earliest performance was the Basilica’s Christmas services in 1696, where he played the violin. He wrote his first collection, Opus 1 (containing 12 chamber sonatas) in 1705 and Opus 2 (containing violin sonatas) in 1709 (Talbot). Vivaldi received his first post September 1703. He became the Maestro di Violino (Violin Master) for the Ospedale della Pietà (Hospital of Piety) in Venice, Italy making a 60 ducats annual salary. Pietà was one of only four orphanages specializing in training for girls showing musical aptitude.
Il pastor fido (The Faithful Shepherd), published in Paris in 1737 under the name of Vivaldi's Op. 13 includes six sonatas for musette ("bagpipe"), recorder, flute, oboe or violin, and basso continuo. As I started to further look into the context of the piece, it was clear that the six sonatas had been one of the mysteries of music and the authenticity of them seemed doubtful still to this day. In an attempt to investigate and analyse Il pastor fido, I was able to position myself towards who I believe wrote the piece and the reasons why, along with what many others have concluded, Chédeville was the real composer of Il pastor fido.
He published music in numerous styles, writing for opera, choirs and orchestras and also worked as a choir master. This was all before teaming up with Gilbert for what would make him known as a renowned
Antonio Vivaldi is a famous Italian baroque composer, known by most Suzuki violin students who study his concertos or by audiences everywhere who have heard and love his composition of the Four Seasons. Having grown up as students of the Suzuki Violin Method, we recognize this composer and have experience performing his pieces. In addition to his many concertos written for solo violin, Vivaldi composed many concertos intended to be performed by two solo violins, accompanied by a small orchestra. Because we are both violinists, we chose to analyze the second movement of Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Violins in A minor, RV 522, included in his L’Estro Armonico works.