Gaspare Gabellone (1727-1796) - Concerto in Fa maggiore per mandolino e archi (c.1760)
Performers: Alessandro Pitrelli (mandolin); I Solisti Veneti; Claudio
Scimone (1934-2018, conductor)
Further info: Napolitan Concertos for mandolin
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Italian composer, son of Michele Caballone. Though baptized with his
father’s patronymic, the composer in later life preferred the spelling
‘Gabellone’, as shown by autograph manuscripts. The facts of his life
and works have often been confused with those of his father. Gabellone
probably first learnt music from Michele; then, starting in 1738, he
studied at the Conservatorio di S Maria di Loreto in Naples as a pupil
of Durante. Later he is said to have taught singing and composition
there, although no records of tenure have been discovered. While a young
man, Gabellone wrote two opere buffe for the Teatro Nuovo in Naples.
His high musical repute, however, derived mainly from compositions for
the church; according to tradition, Paisiello kept for a model a copy of
Gabellone’s large-scale Messa di requiem (now lost). In 1769 Gabellone
was commissioned by the court to write the cantata for soprano solo, Qui
del Sebeto in riva, to celebrate the birthday of Queen Caroline.
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