Carlo Monza
Carlo Monza (* 1735 in Milan ; † December 9, 1801 ibid) was an Italian composer , organist and singer.
Life
In his hometown of Milan, Carlo Monza was one of the most famous and popular composers of the second half of the eighteenth century. Even so, there is little evidence of him from the time before his first opera Olimpiade was performed. Monza was probably a student of Giovanni Battista Sammartini . He had two jobs, the first in 1768, when Monza had the position of organist at the court of the Duke of Milan through Sammartini's intercession, and the second in 1775 after Sammartini's death: that of the ducal “Maestro di capella”. By this time, Monza had already established itself as a major force in Milanese opera life. Charles Burney named him in 1770 as one of the two best composers for the Milanese stage. In 1778 he received the post of Kapellmeister at the Milan Cathedral . Apart from three works that he staged in the mid-1780s, he ended his career as an opera singer in favor of practicing church music. In the 1780s, Monza published three collections of instrumental music, including his six string quartets, Op. 2.
Most of his more than 20 operas have survived to this day, almost unusual for an 18th-century composer, while much of his sacred music is believed to have been lost. Nevertheless, there are more than 200 works in the archives of the Milan Cathedral. His instrumental compositions consist of some symphonies and overtures, chamber music works and music for keyboard instruments.
reception
In 2001 the conductor and violinist Fabio Biondi Monza's sinfonia La Tempesta di Mare performed , which was originally the overture to his opera Iphégenia in Tauride (1784); one of the few surviving instrumental works. The sinfonia shows strikingly dramatic qualities, combined with the Sturm und Drang elements of the 18th century.
In addition to works by Domenico Gallo and Fortunato Chelleri , Igor Stravinsky also used melodies by Carlo Monza for his Pulcinella suite .
Carlo Monza is occasionally confused with the Milanese composer Carlo Ignazio Monza, who was born around 1680 .
literature
- Pièces modern: Pour le clavecin , edited by Mariangela Donà and Lorenzo Ghielmi , Edizioni S. Zaboni, Milan 1986.
- Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea World of Music - The Composers - A lexicon in five volumes . Propylaen Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-549-07830-7 , pp. 78/79, volume 4 .
Web links
- List of stage works by Carlo Monza based on the MGG at Operone
- Sheet music and audio files by Carlo Monza in the International Music Score Library Project
- Search for operas by Carlo Monza (search term in the Autore field : “Monza Carlo”) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Monza, Carlo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian classical composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1735 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 9, 1801 |
| Place of death | Milan |