Alessandro Rolla
Alessandro Rolla (born April 23, 1757 in Pavia , † September 14, 1841 in Milan ) was an Italian violinist and composer .
Life
Rolla worked for a long time as music director at La Scala in Milan and as a teacher at the Conservatory in Milan . On August 14, 1814, he was the conductor of the world premiere of the opera Il turco in Italia by Gioachino Rossini .
Rolla was a teacher of Nicolo Paganini and invented the left-handed pizzicato mostly attributed to Paganini .
Alessandro Rolla is the father of Antonio Rolla .
Works
He published quartets , solo and study works for violin as well as for viola , which, due to the opportunity of content and perfection of form, set themselves apart from many other works of this genre. Rolla's rare violin concertos were given a new topicality through the specially composed cadenzas by Massimo Paris .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Rolla, Alessandro . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 26th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1874, pp. 296–299 ( digitized version ).
- Antje Tumat: Rolla, Alessandro. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 14 (Riccati - Schönstein). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2005, ISBN 3-7618-1134-9 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
- Luigi Inzaghi: Alessandro Rolla: catalogo tematico delle opere. Milano: Nuove Edizioni, 1981
- Mariateresa Dellaborra: ROLLA, Alessandro. In: Raffaele Romanelli (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 88: Robusti – Roverella. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2017.
Web links
- Works by and about Alessandro Rolla in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Alessandro Rolla in the German Digital Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Alessandro Rolla in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual proof
- ^ Viola concertos by Alessandro Rolla and cadences by Massimo Paris, Polygram-Musik-Vertrieb, Hamburg, 1995
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rolla, Alessandro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian violinist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1757 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pavia |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 1841 |
| Place of death | Milan |