Martino Bitti

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Martino Bitti ditto Marti net (* around 1660 in Genoa , † 2. February 1743 in Florence ) was an Italian violinist and composer of the Baroque .

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As a violinist and composer, Bitti was one of the musicians of the post-Corelli era. He received his musical training in Venice, among others from the violinist Giovanni Battista Vivaldi (1655–1736), Antonio Vivaldi's father .

From 1688 until the end of his life, Bitti worked in Florence , in the service of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany. First under Ferdinando II. De 'Medici as "suonatore di violino" a year later as "primo violino" with Cosimo III. de 'Medici . In the summer of 1717 he met the German violinist Johann Georg Pisendel in Florence , who made copies of numerous works by Bitti. Bitti composed several stage works and oratorios, so-called pasticcios , together with other composers .

Works (selection)

  • A solo in la diesis per violino (around 1705)
  • Violino Solo in la diesis, performed by Sig.Gasparini (around 1705)
  • 2 sonata from 6 Sonata da camera a flauto traversa, haubois, o violino solo di Nicola Francesco Haim Romano e M. Bitti (with Roger , Amsterdam, around 1710)
  • Sonata per violino a tre (1710)
  • 8 Sonate a due violino e basso per sonarsi con flauto o'vero violino (by Walsh , London 1711) - These are not Sonata a tre , but Sonate a due, because due does not refer to violino (singular!) But to it that two voices (violino e basso) are notated. Because of the possible misunderstanding, a new edition was published under a different title: Solo's for a Flute, with a th [o] rough Bass for the Harpsicord or Bass Violin (London, 1712)
  • Concerts of 5, 6 and 7 instruments dont il ya un pour la trompette ou le hautbois, composez par Messieurs Bitti, Vivaldi, et Torelli , dediez à Monsieur Leon d'Urbino (Amsterdam, 1715)
  • 12 Sonata a violino solo e basso continuo di Martinello Bitti (Amsterdam, 1723)
  • 12 Sonata for violin and B. c. (Amsterdam, 1724) (lost)
  • Concerto for violin and strings in D major (Amsterdam)
  • Cantata: Silvia nella partenza d'Erinto, for solo part and B. c.
  • Opera: Flora, fixed teatrale (Florence, 1693)
  • Opera: Lucio Vero , 1700 (libretto by Apostolo Zeno ; the music of the second and third acts is by Giacomo Antonio Perti )
  • Oratorio: Il martirio di S. Agata (Florence, 1693)

Web links

literature

  • Michael Talbot : A Thematic Catalog of the Instrumental Music of Martino Bitti (1655 / 6-1743) . In: Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle 46 (2015), pp. 46-94 ( online ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 10 (1968)
  2. ↑ Robert Eitner : Biographical-bibliographical source lexicon of musicians and music scholars ... (1900)
personal data
SURNAME Bitti, Martino
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bitti, Martinello
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque
DATE OF BIRTH around 1660
PLACE OF BIRTH Genoa
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 1743
Place of death Florence