Filippo Manfredi (1731-1777)
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Performers: Chiara Tаigi (soprano); Coro e Orchestra del Duomo di Castelnuovo Gаrfаgnаna; Luca Bаcci (conductor)
Further info: Domine Ad Adjuvandum
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Italian violinist and composer. Son of the horn player Giovanni Carlo
Manfredi, he received his early education at the seminary school of San
Michele in Foro in Lucca before studying with Domenico Ferrari in Genoa
and Pietro Nardini in Livorno. He was a supernumerary violinist in the
Cappella Palatina and was appointed first violinist in 1758. He also
played in theatres, served as chief instrumentalist for religious
functions and taught. After playing in a quartet with Nardini and
Giuseppe Cambini in 1765, he formed a duo with Luigi Boccherini and
began a concert tour which took him first to Paris in 1768 then Madrid,
to the court of the Prince of the Asturias, where he was appointed first
violin of the chamber music. He returned to Italy in 1772 and was
re-admitted to the Cappella Palatina only in 1773. However, he fell ill
in 1775, and his concert appearances became much less frequent. He died
two years later. As a composer, he only left a few works, including a
set of six sonatas for violin and bass (1769), a chamber trio, and some
religious works. He was regarded as a violinist of technical and
expressive brilliance, and he retained his reputation until the middle
of the 19th century. His brothers, Pietro Luigi Manfredi (1744-?) and
Vincenzo Ferrerio Manfredi (1732-?), were a horn player and a flautist,
respectively.
