Michele Mascitti (1664-1760)
- Concerto a sei stromenti des 'IV Concerti a sei stromenti, due
violini e basso del concertino e un violino, alto viola, col basso di
ripieno ... opera settima, libro secondo' (1727)
Performers: Camerata Anxаnum
Further info: Michele Mascitti (1664-1760)
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Italian composer and violinist. He was a pupil of his uncle Pietro
Marchitelli, a violinist in the Naples royal chapel. After travels
throughout Europe, he settled in Paris in 1704. He soon attracted the
attention of the Duke of Orléans and through him gained the opportunity
to play before the king, the dauphin and the whole court. He became a
figurehead of Italian instrumental music in France and was regarded as
the peer of Arcangelo Corelli and Tomaso Albinoni. Possessing the
advantage over his fellow-nationals of residence in Paris, where all
nine of his published collections were first issued between 1704 and
1738, he enjoyed enormous popularity with the French public. In 1739 he
became a French citizen by naturalization. All of his 116 printed works
are for strings; 100 are solo sonatas, 12 are trio sonatas, and four are
concertos of rather Corellian design.
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