Giuseppe Valentini (1681-1753)
- Sinfonia a tre, cioè due Violini, e Violoncello, col Basso per l'Organo (1701)
Performers: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Marc Taddei (conductor)
Further info: Christmas Baroque
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Italian composer and violinist. He studied under Giovanni Bononcini in
Rome between 1692 and 1697 in a city where he was a member of the
Congregazione di Santa Cecilia. Between 1701 and 1714 he published seven
collections of instrumental compositions and he also composed several
oratorios and cantatas. Until the publication of his '12 Concerti
grossi' in 1710, he had not succeeded in obtaining such a post in Rome
nor in finding a real patron, but from that year, partly as a result of
having published sonatas and concertos, the situation changed. 1710 saw
the beginning of his activity at San Luigi dei Francesi (1710-1741),
where he succeeded Arcangelo Corelli as director of the concertino. In
1710, according to the title-page of his Concerti grossi, he was made
'Suonator di Violino, e Componitore di Musica' to Prince Michelangelo
Caetani, in whose service he remained at least until 1727. From 1711 to
1726 he was active as violinist at San Giacomo degli Spagnoli and he
attended the Sunday conversazioni in the Ruspoli residence. His
activities increased in the years that followed, and to the two churches
already mentioned were added San Giovanni dei Fiorentini (1720-1753)
and Santa Maria Maddalena (1727-1750), where he became maestro di
cappella, and the Collegio del Nazareno (1720-1749). He also played at
Santa Maria Maggiore, where in 1736 he was appointed maestro of the
Cappella Borghese, at San Lorenzo in Damaso and at the Oratorio di San
Marcello. From the third decade of the 18th century, he was regularly
serving as maestro di cappella in these churches, yet his compositions
grew increasingly scarce. His career as a composer was virtually
finished.
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