Pietro Sammartini (1636-1701)
- Sinfonia (VI) a due violini, e liuto, e basso di viola ... opera seconda (1688)
Performers: Ensemble Alаmіré
Further info: Sinfonie A Due Violini, E Liuto, E Basso Di Viola Op. 2
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Italian composer, organist and teacher. He firstly studied in a Florence
music school before being ordained a priest. Then he traveled to Rome,
Bologna and Arezzo where he worked as a musician. In 1659 he came back
to Florence as vicemaestro di cappella of the cathedral, tooking over
the official maestro di cappella post in 1686. He remained there the
rest of his life. Also in Florence he served the Medici court as a
musician, mainly as a lutenist and keyboard player. In 1692 he was
appointed member of the prestigious Accademia Filarmonica of Bologna. As
a composer, his extant output is mainly sacred but currently he is
known by his 'Sinfonie a due violini, e liuto, e basso di viola ...
opera seconda (1688)'. Among his lost works is documented at least seven
operas, an oratorio, a mass entitled 'Veni sponsa Christi’ and much
more sacred and instrumental music. He was not related to brothers
Giuseppe and Giovanni Battista Sammartini.
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