Giuseppe Matteo Alberti (1685-1751)
- Sonata a quattro
Performers: Helmut Wobisch (1912-1980, trumpet); Zagrebački Solisti; Antonio Janigro (1918-1989, conductor)
Further info: The Virtuoso Trumpet Vol 2
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Italian composer and violinist. He studied the violin with Carlo
Manzolini, and counterpoint with P.M. Minelli and Floriano Arresti. He
became a member of the Accademia Filarmonica, Bologna, in 1705, and from
1709 played the violin in the orchestra of S Petronio. His first set of
concertos, published in 1713, were first performed under the composer's
direction at the house of Count Orazio Bargellini. In 1721 Alberti was
chosen president (principe) of the Accademia Filarmonica, a post to
which he was re-elected in 1724, 1728, 1733, 1740 and 1746. A set of
violin sonatas, op.2 (1721), was followed by a further set of concertos,
collectively entitled ‘Sinfonie’, and issued by Le Cène in 1725 –
presumably without the composer's authorization as they are incorrectly
designated op.2. (This possibly inadvertent duplication of an opus
number led to the renumbering of the violin sonatas as op.3 when
published by Walsh shortly afterwards.) From 1726 until his death
Alberti was maestro di cappella of S Giovanni in Monte, Bologna, and
from 1734 he deputized for G.A. Perti as maestro di cappella of S
Domenico. The success enjoyed by Alberti's concertos, particularly in
England, doubtless owed much to their clarity of expression, tautness of
construction and moderate technical requirements. They were among the
first concertos by an Italian composer to show Vivaldi's direct
influence, which is seen most clearly in op.1 in the five examples with
an obbligato principal violin part. The distinction between ritornello
and episode in their outer movements is a notable feature. Similar
general qualities characterize the violin sonatas, which remain,
however, firmly in the post-Corellian mould.
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