BACHSCHMID, Anton Adam (1728-1797) - Concerto Ex f. Per il Violino Principale (c.1780)

Anton Adam Bachschmid (1728-1797) - Concerto Ex f. | Per il Violino Principale

| con | Due Violini | Due Oboi | Due Corni | Viola è Basso (c.1780)

Performers: Margarete Adοrf (violin); Nοva Strаvаganza; Siegbert Rаmpe (1964-2025, conductor)

Drawing: Anonymus - Ansicht von Stift Melk (c.1835)

Further info: Anton Adam Bachschmid (1728-1797) - Flauto Traverso Concerto: In G (1771)

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(Johann) Anton (Adam) Bachschmidt [Bachschmid]

(Melk, 11 February 1728 - Eichstätt, 29 December 1797)

German composer and violin virtuoso of Austrian birth. He came from a long line of musicians who emigrated to Melk late in the 17th century from Traunstein, Bavaria. While still a young man he was appointed Thurnermeister (director of instrumental music) in Melk, a post which he held from July 1751 to May 1753. He left his native town for travels as a virtuoso and may have been employed briefly at Würzburg before settling in Eichstätt. There he established himself as a versatile musician in the court orchestra of Prince-Bishop Johann Anton II, using steadily in rank from violinist (September 1753) to Konzertmeister (March 1768) and finally to court Kapellmeister (July 1773). Although he developed a reputation primarily as a church composer, he wrote a number of dramatic works for Eichstätt’s theatres. His turn from Latin school drama to Italian opera reflects the closing of the Jesuit theatre in Eichstätt in 1773.

CARULLI, Ferdinando (1770-1841) - Petit concerto de société (1820)

Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841) - Petit concerto de société, Op.140 (1820)

Performers: Pepe Romеro (guitar); Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Iona Brown (1941-2004, conductor)

Painting: Ferenc Balassa (1794-1860) - Sunday afternoon near Naples (1829)

Further info: Guitar concertos

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Ferdinando (M[aria?] Meinrado Francesco Pascale Rosario) Carulli [Karulli]

(Naples, 9 February 1770 - Paris, 14 February 1841)

Italian guitarist and composer. Son of Michele Carulli, a distinguished literator, secretary to the delegate of the Neapolitan Jurisdiction, he was taught the rudiments of music by his cello teacher, a priest, though around the age of 16 his interest shifted decisively to the guitar. Around 1801 he married a French woman, Marie-Josephine Boyer, and had a son with her. A few years later he started to compose in Milan, where he contributed to local publications. In 1808 he settled in Paris where he was at the centre of the phenomenon known as guitaromanie, establishing himself as a virtuoso, composer and teacher. For years he had practically no serious rival, except for his two fellow Italians Matteo Carcassi and Francesco Molino. His privileged position lasted at least until 1823, when Fernando Sor arrived in Paris. As a composer, his works number nearly 400 items, including concertos, quartets, trios, duos, fantasias, variations, and solos of all descriptions. In 1830 he composed a piece of program music for guitar entitled 'Les Trois Jours', descriptive of the days of the July 1830 revolution. He also published the method 'L'Harmonie appliquee a la guitarre' (Paris, 1825). His son Gustavo Carulli (1801-1876) was also a guitarist, teacher and composer active in Paris, London and Boulogne.

VIOLAND, August (1750-1811) - Offertorium solenne

August Violand (1750-1811) - Offertorium solenne (D-Dur) 'Pro Festo St. Truperti'

Performers: Dorothea Rieger (soprano); Freiburger Domsingknaben; Philarmonic Orchestra Freiburg;

Raimung Hug (conductor)

Painting: Jacob de Wit (1695-1754) - Diana and her companions returning from the hunt (1731)

Further info: Festliche Musik Aus Sudwestdeutschen Benediktinerklostern

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August (Augustin) Violand [Violland]

(Endingen am Kaiserstuhl, 8 February 1750 - Tunsel, 12 November 1811)

German Benedictine monk, church musician, and composer primarily associated with the St. Trudpert Abbey in the Black Forest. Born in Endingen am Kaiserstuhl, Violand is believed to have studied under the Italian composer Pasquale Anfossi, a collaboration that influenced his own musical output. Throughout his ecclesiastical career, he served as a vicar in Grunern and a pastor in Tunsel, while simultaneously holding the influential roles of choirmaster (Chorregent) and organist at St. Trudpert. His compositional legacy reflects the liturgical music of the era, consisting of a significant body of religious vocal works, including masses, offertories, and vespers.

Unknown composer (18th Century) - Concerto per il Clarino

Unknown composer (18th Century) - Concerto (D-Dur) per il Clarino

Performers: Wolfgang Basch (trumpet); Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic

Painting: Attributed to John Laguerre (1688-1748) - A fair, with a crowd gathered in a square by the Red Lion Inn, with actors on a balcony, and a recruiting officer and drummer beside a stall

Further info: Trumpet Concertos

MELANI, Alessandro (1639-1703) - Magnificat à 8

Alessandro Melani (1639-1703) - Magnificat à 8

Performers: Concerto Italiano; Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)

Painting: Richard Wilson (1713-1782) - St Peters and the Vatican from the Janiculum, Rome

Further info: Melani - Mottetti

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Alessandro Melani [Milani]

(Pistoia, 4 February 1639 - Rome, 3 October 1703)

Italian composer. Brother of Jacopo Melani (1623-1676) and Atto Melani (1626-1714), he sang at Pistoia Cathedral (1650-60) and then served as maestro di cappella in Orvieto and Ferrara. In 1667 he succeeded his brother Jacopo as maestro di cappella of Pistoia Cathedral, but later that year went to Rome to take up that position at Santa Maria Maggiore; in 1672 he obtained the same position at San Luigi dei Francesi, which he held until his death. In Rome he enjoyed the favourable conditions of the Rospigliosi papacy, who paid for an opera at the 1668 carnival, and the patronage of Ferdinando de’ Medici, his name appearing among 'celebrated professors of music protected by the Prince of Tuscany' in 1695, and of Francesco II d'Este, who in 1690 commissioned an oratorio from him. As a composer, he wrote several operas, oratorios, motets, and cantatas. He also collaborated with Bernardo Pasquini and Alessandro Scarlatti.