Carlo Ambrogio Lonati
Carlo Ambrogio Lonati (also called Lunati ; * around 1645 in Milan ; † probably between 1710 and 1715 there ) was an Italian composer , violinist and opera singer.
Life
From 1665 to 1667 Lonati worked as a violinist at the court of the Viceroy of Naples, where he also took on operatic roles. He then worked in Rome for ten years as concertmaster and singer at the court of Christina of Sweden . Here he met Alessandro Stradella and Lelio Colista ; with the former he worked in Genoa in later years. In Rome he composed numerous violin and trio sonatas that served as models for the works of Arcangelo Corelli and Henry Purcell . Like Corelli, he was one of the teachers of the young Francesco Geminiani . In 1760, Francesco Maria Veracini described him as one of the most virtuoso violinists of his century.
Works
The only handwritten instrumental works are some trio sonatas and the 12 sonatas per violino e basso continuo dedicated to Emperor Leopold I in 1701 , which contain a 600-bar ciacona . Six of these works are notated in scordature . This sonata collection came to Dresden via Johann Georg Pisendel , where the originals have been lost since 1945. Lonati deliberately did not have his works printed so that, as Veracini quotes him literally, they do not fall into the hands of people who cannot even read the clock.
Operas
- Amor stravagante (Libretto after Giovanni Filippo Apollonis Amor per vendetta o vero L'Alcasta ), 1677 Genoa, Teatro Falcone
- Amor per destino (libretto after Nicolò Minatos Antioco ), 1678 Genoa
- Ariberto e Flavio, regi de Longobardi (libretto by Rinaldo Cialli ), Dec. 9, 1684 Venice, Teatro S. Salvatore.
- Enea in Italia ( Giacomo Francesco Bussani ), 1686 Milan, Regio Teatro Nuovo
- I due germani rivali , 1686 Modena, Teatro Fontanelli
- Scipione africano (libretto by Nicolò Minato), 1692 Milan, Regio Teatro; together with Paolo Magni
- L'Aiace (libretto by Pietro d'Averara ), 1694 Milan, Regio Teatro; together with Paolo Magni and Francesco Ballarotti
literature
- Willi Apel : Italian violin music in the 17th century . Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden 1983, ISBN 3-515-03786-1
- Erich Schenk u. a .: The Trio Sonata (Das Musikwerk; Vol. 20). Laaber-Verlag, Laaber 2005, ISBN 3-89007-623-8 (reprint of the editions "The Italian Trio Sonate" and "The Extra-Italian Trio Sonate" ( Das Musikwerk Vol. 35), Laaber 1970)
- Norbert Dubowy: Entry LONATI, Carlo Ambrogio in the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 65 (2005)
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Carlo Ambrogio Lonati in the International Music Score Library Project
- List of stage works by Carlo Ambrogio Lonati based on the MGG at Operone
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lonati, Carlo Ambrogio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lunati |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian composer, violinist and opera singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1645 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 1710 and 1715 |
| Place of death | Milan |