Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709)
- Sinfonia con Tromba (c.1695)
Performers: Edwаrd Hаrr (trumpet); Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra; Jorg Fаerber (conductor)
Painting: Philips Wouwerman (1619-1668) - Soldiers Carousing with a Serving Woman outside a Tent (ca. 1655)
Further info: Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709) - Concerto Grosso
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Italian composer. Born in Verona in the parish of S Maria in Chiavica,
he was the son of Stefano and Anna (Boninsegna) Torelli. He was the
sixth of nine children, of whom the youngest, Felice, became famous as a
painter. His father was a health inspector for the local customs office
and supported his family comfortably. Giuseppe's early musical
training, if any, may have come from the Veronese musician Giuliano
Massaroti, who lived in the same part of the city. By 15 May 1676, he is
recorded as having played violin for vespers at the church of Santo
Stefano in Verona and, by August 1684, was engaged as violinist at the
cathedral. The next month, he moved to Bologna, having been admitted to
the Accademia Filarmonica on 27 June 1684. He was appointed to the
regular chapel on 28 September 1686 and then to compositore, probably by
1692. Torelli composed a number of sinfonie for the city’s feast of San
Petronio between 1692 and 1708, but he was in demand as a violinist in
neighboring cities and was frequently absent from San Petronio. In
January 1696, the chapel ensemble was disbanded temporarily for lack of
funds, so Torelli moved north to Ansbach in Bavaria, Germany. By 1698,
he had secured an appointment as maestro di concerto for the Margrave of
Brandenburg at Ansbach. In 1699, he is recorded in Vienna, and the
following year, he appears to have applied to the margrave for
permission to return to Italy. He is next recorded in 1701 back in San
Petronio in Bologna as a member of the newly reconstituted cappella
musicale, directed by Giacomo Antonio Perti. Owing to Perti’s influence
and his own international reputation, Torelli was granted a special
appointment that allowed traveling. Torelli was buried by the
Confraternity of the Guardian Angel in Bologna. Best known today as a
composer of instrumental music for strings, Torelli was credited by
Johann Joachim Quantz in 1752 for inventing the concerto with his
publication of Sinfonie a 3 e Concerti a 4, Opus 5 (Bologna, 1692).
Among his published works are 10 trio sonatas, 18 sinfonie, 12 concertos
for two violins, 12 concertos for one violin and one violoncello, 12
concerti grossi, 12 other concertos for various instruments, over 30
works for solo trumpet, and over 30 other unpublished sonatas, sinfonie,
and concertos. There are also a few arias and cantatas and one
oratorio, Adam auss dem irrdischen Paradiess verstossen (“Adam Expelled
from Earthly Paradise”).
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