Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari (1763-1842)
- Duetto pour forte piano et clavecin ... œuvre XIII (c.1795)
Performers: Cary McMurran (1918-1992, pianoforte); J.S. Darling (harpsichord)
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Italian composer and theorist. After being orphaned as a child, he spent
his early years as an apprentice silk merchant before going to Naples,
where he studied under Giovanni Paisiello and Gaetano Latilla. In 1787
he became a court musician at the Tuileries in Paris, and was active as
accompanist to the queen, voice teacher to the nobility, and maestro al
cembalo at the Theatre de Monsieur. After the French Revolution, he
settled in London in 1792 and pursued his career as a composer and voice
teacher; among his students was the Prince of Wales. His 'Complainte de
la reine de France' the following year is one of the most important
pieces of antirevolutionary music written. In England he was a
successful composer, theorist, and singing teacher with close ties to
George IV. His music, little studied, includes seven operas, two piano
concertos, 20 violin sonatas, six Italian ariettas, as well as a number
of works for harp, violin, and keyboard. He also published several
books, among them, 'Breve tratto di canto italiano' (London, 1818),
'Studio di musica teorica pratica' (London, 1830), and 'Anedotti
piacevoli e interessanti occorsi nella vita Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari da
Rovereto' (London, 1830). His son Adolfo Angelico Gotifredo Ferrari
(1807-1870), a pupil of Domenico Crivelli, taught singing at the Royal
Academy. Adolfo’s wife, Johanna Thomson, and his daughter Sophia Ferrari
were also singers.
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