Dario Asioli detto 'Antonio Martinelli' (c.1704-1782) - Concerto (Re maggiore) per Viola d'Amor
Della: Sig:ra Chiaretta
Performers: Fabio Biondi (viola d'amore); Europa Galante
Further info: Il Diario Di Chiara
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Italian cellist, violinist, teacher and composer. Son of Giulio Asioli,
he was baptized as Dario. His youth life remains unknown but by 1720 he
was documented in Venice, active as teacher and composer and under the
nickname 'Antonio Martinelli'. He assumed this name in order to obtain a
theatrical engagement in Venice, depicting himself as an actor, who in
fact was already working there, called Martinelli, with whom he had
evidently made a deal. Since then until his death, he was known as
'Antonio Martinelli'. At least two instrumentists with the surname
Martinelli were active in Venice in the same period. In 1743, pursuing a
marriage with Caterina Fabri, he had to beg for a sworn testimony of
his true identity to his future father-in-law and the luthier Domenico
Montagnana. Regardless his false identity, he was an accomplish cellist
at the Cappella Marciana from 1753 to 1782 and 'highly praised' teacher
in three 'ospedali veneziani'; Derelitti (1733-1766), Mendicanti
(1730-1777) and Pietà (1750-1782). Assuming these posts reported him an
extraordinary income (over than 340 ducati per year). After his death in
1782, he was succeded by his son, the cellist and composer Girolamo
Martinelli. Antonio Martinelli was a very prolific composer but the most
of his output remains scattered in manuscripts, mainly in the Venetian
archives. Only the collection 'Six symphonies en quatre parties'
(c.1749) and the 'Sonates en trio violons: 1 er livre' were printed
during his life.
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