Antonio Bertali

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Antonio Bertali

Antonio Bertali (March 1605 in Verona , † April 17, 1669 in Vienna ) was an Italian composer and violinist .

Life

Antonio Bertali studied at the Acolyte School of Verona until his minor orders in 1623 . There he received his musical training from the cathedral music director Stefano Bernardi and from a violinist named Francesco Lauro. As early as 1620 he played frequently in the " Accademia Filarmonica " in Verona, where he got a permanent position in early 1624. From April 1625 he switched to the imperial service as a violinist at the Viennese court music band . In January 1631 he married the musician and valet Maria Toppa (around 1617–1666) in the Hofburgkapelle. In succession to the late Zinkenist Pietro Verdina(around 1600–1643) was appointed vice conductor. In October 1649 Emperor Ferdinand III appointed him . to succeed Giovanni Valentini as court conductor. In this role he had to compose numerous dramatic works such as operas and oratorios. In 1651 he was granted a reward of 3,000 guilders for his services. On March 2, 1654, the Emperor Bertali raised to the knightly nobility. He was buried in the Minorite Church in Vienna in 1669 .

Works (selection)

Bertali composed operas , oratorios and instrumental music . With his operas he made a significant contribution to the consolidation of the Italian opera tradition in Vienna. Around half of his extensive work is considered lost, and numerous autographs and copies from the hand of Bertali's contemporary Pavel Josef Vejvanovský are still preserved in the holdings of the Vienna Court Library and the library of Kremsmünster Abbey .

In 1653 his first and at the same time most sensational opera, L'Inganno d'amore , was performed at the Reichstag in Regensburg in a theater building specially built for this purpose in front of numerous German princes and envoys.

vocal

  • Secular and ecclesiastical cantatas, motets, including Donna real (1631) for the wedding celebration in 1631 of the future emperor with the Infanta of Spain, which is his first verifiable composition.
  • Le strage de gl'innocenti (Child Murder in Bethlehem)
  • Missa Ratisbonensis (1636)
  • Lamento della regina d'Inghilterra
  • Requiem per Ferdinando II (1637)
  • More than 50 introitus

Operas

  • L'Inganno d'amore ; 1653 Regensburg
  • Theti favola dramatica ; July 13, 1656 Vienna
  • Il re Gilidoro favola ; February 19, 1659 Vienna
  • La magia delusa ; June 4, 1660
  • Gli amori d'Apollo con Clizia ; March 1, 1661 Vienna
  • Il Ciro crescente 3 interludes to Il pastor fido ; June 14, 1661 Park of Laxenburg Palace
  • La Zenobia di Radamisto ; Nov 18, 1662
  • L'Alcindo ; April 20, 1665 Vienna
  • La contesa dell'aria e dell'acqua festa a cavallo ; January 24, 1667 Vienna

Instrumental

  • Sonata Leopoldus I.
  • Thousand guilder sonata
  • Ciaccona in C major for violin and BC

As well as numerous other sonatas, sonatellas and suites a 3, 4, 5, 6.

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Bertali, Antonio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bertalli, Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque
DATE OF BIRTH March 1605
PLACE OF BIRTH Verona
DATE OF DEATH April 17, 1669
Place of death Vienna