Juan Oliver Astorga (1733-1830) - Sonata (F Major) for two German Flutes and a Bass, No.4 Op.3 (1769)
Performers: Barcelona consort
Further info: Affetti musicali
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Spanish violinist and composer. Son of José Oliver and María Antonia
Astorga, he received early musical lessons at Iglesia Vieja in Yecla. He
later settled in Valencia before traveling to Naples. In 1760 he went
to Frankfurt am Main where he is mentioned as a musician in a concert on
18 April 1765. By 1767 he probably was living in London where he worked
under the patronage of Willoughby Bertie, 4th Earl of Abingdon. Also
there he published his first works, a set of Six sonates à violon et
basse, op.1 (1767), Twelve Italian Songs and Duets for Voice and
Harpsichord with Accompagnement for a Guittar, op.2 (1768) and Six
Sonatas for Two German Flutes or Two Violins and a Bass, op.3 (1769). In
his return to Spain, he assumed a post of violinist to the royal chapel
of Madrid in 1776. In 1789 he was appointed conductor of the Teatro de
los Caños del Peral in Madrid but Charles IV prevented him from taking
up this post, wishing him to remain exclusively in his own service in
the royal chapel. As a composer, his instrumental music is in the galant
style typical of the period. At the age of 97 he died at his home in
Cava Alta in Madrid.
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