Antonio Bernacchi

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Antonio Maria Zanetti : Caricature by Bernacchi, ca.1730

Antonio Maria Bernacchi (born June 23, 1685 in Bologna ; † March 13, 1756 ibid) was an Italian castrato , singing teacher and composer . He was one of the most famous Italian singers in his day. His voice was old .

Life

Antonio Maria Bernacchi's parents were Angelo Maria Bernacchi and Maria Maddalena Rossi. Bernacchi was a singing student of Francesco Antonio Pistocchi . Giovanni Antonio Ricieri taught him counterpoint. Bernacchi also studied counterpoint with Giuseppe Antonio Bernabei in Munich . His debut on the opera stage was in Genoa in 1703 , from then on he was engaged in all Italian opera houses and worked with the Italian composers of his time. 1714 named him Antonio Farnese for Virtuoso his court orchestra. From 1720 to 1727 he worked in Munich. In three seasons, 1716, 1717 and 1729, he was also engaged at the King's Theater in London , where he sang in world premieres and revivals of Handel's stage works. In 1730 he went back to Italy and sang until 1735.

Bernacchi was accepted into the Accademia Filarmonica in Bologna in 1722 and was its chairman in 1748 and 1749.

Bernacchi founded a music school in Bologna in 1737, which after his death was still associated with certain singing techniques such as virtuosity and improvisation until the 19th century. Bernacchi's pupils here were Tommaso Guarducci, Giovanni Amadori and Anton Raaff . Farinelli was briefly his pupil in 1727.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart remarks about the singer Anton Raaff : "The Bernacische school - it is not to my liking" and means by that the excessive ornamentation of Cantabile arias.

Works (selection)

He composed solos and duets with sacred and secular texts mainly for his own use. It is appealing virtuoso music that stylistically corresponded to its time.

  • Sicut erat in principio [ As it was in the beginning ]; Fugue for soprano, alto, tenor, bass and basso continuo in F major, 1722
  • Iustus ut palma florebit [ The righteous bloom like a palm tree ] for 2 violins, viola, 2 sopranos, alto, tenor, bass and basso continuo, 1749, text: Psalm 91,3 Vulgate
  • Mass for 2 trumpets, 2 violins, viola, 2 sopranos, alto, tenor, bass and basso continuo in D major, Kyrie and Gloria

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Karl-Josef Kutsch, Leo Riemens: Large singer lexicon . Walter de Gruyter, 2004, ISBN 978-3-598-44088-5 , p. 372 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed March 17, 2017]).
  2. ↑ Lodovivo Frati: Antonio Bernacchi e la sua scuoladi canto . 1922 (Italian, bibliotecamusica.it [PDF]).
  3. ^ Hermann Abert: WA Mozart. Revised and expanded edition of Otto Jahn's Mozart. Ed .: Hermann Abert. 7th edition. Leipzig 1955 ( zeno.org ).
  4. ^ Alfred Baumgartner: Antonio Bernacchi . In: Classical music . Kiesel, 1982, ISBN 3-7023-4003-3 .
  5. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 17, 2017 (Italian).
  6. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 17, 2017 (Italian).
  7. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 17, 2017 (Italian).
personal data
SURNAME Bernacchi, Antonio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bernacchi, Antonio Maria (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian castrato, singing teacher and composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1685
PLACE OF BIRTH Bologna
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1756
Place of death Bologna