Pietro Marchitelli (c.1643-1729)
- Concerto in La minore
Performers: Ensemble Aurora
Further info: Pietro Marchitelli (c.1643-1729)
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Italian violinist, teacher and composer. He received a formal music
education at the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto in 1657. When
his teacher, the violinist Carlo de Vincentiis, died in 1677, he took
over as principal violinist of the royal chapel in Naples, remaining in
the post for more than 50 years. He also took the role of first violin
in the orchestra of the Teatro San Bartolomeo. He was a close friend of
Alessandro Scarlatti during his career, and held in high esteem by his
contemporaries. Marchitelli died of old age and was buried at the Chiesa
di San Nicola alla Carità in Naples, in 1729. As a teacher, his pupils
included his nephews Michele Mascitti and Giovanni Sebastiano Sabatino.
As a composer, almost his whole output is lost, but he wrote several
sonatas and concertos which closely follow the model established by
Arcangelo Corelli in both form and pattern of movements.
