Carlo Tessarini
Carlo Tessarini (* around 1690 in Rimini , † after December 15, 1766 in Amsterdam ) was an Italian violinist and composer of the late Baroque.
Life
Carlo Tessarini came from a family of sailors. Little is known about his childhood and his studies, some sources suggest that he received his musical training in the Venetian environment, possibly as a student of Antonio Vivaldi . Carlo Tessarini was first mentioned as a violinist at St. Mark's Basilica . Until 1731 he was music director ("maestro dei concerti") of the "Ospedale del Derelitti", one of the four orphanages in Venice ; Here he composed his Concerto à cinque op. 1. In 1731 he got a job in the “capella musicale” of the Urbino cathedral , which he held until 1743, although from 1730 to 1737 he was Kapellmeister of Cardinal Schrattenbach in Brno. In 1740 Tessarini took over the direction of a theater orchestra in Rome, which he after the death of Pope Clement XII. had to give up.
After 1747 Tessarini stayed in Rome and Naples, later in countries north of the Alps. His concert tours have taken him to Paris, Brussels, Nijmegen, Groningen and Frankfurt am Main. From 1766 his traces are lost in Arnhem. Carlo Tessarini was not only a well-known violinist in large parts of Europe, but also a celebrated composer, as numerous press articles from his time show. He wrote melodramas, sonatas for violin, concertos for one or more instruments and symphonies.
plant
Tessarini began to publish his compositions relatively late, which is why some things cannot be assigned to him without a doubt. His later works clearly show a turn to the gallant style . As a music theorist, he published important instructions on rhythms , the teaching of ornamentation , the execution of cadences and learning to play the violin.
- op.1: 12 Sonata a violino e basso (Venice, 1729)
- op. 2: Il Maestro e Discepolo, Divertimenti da Camera a due violini (Urbino, 1740)
- op. 3: Allettamenti da camera a violino solo e violoncello (Rome, 1740)
- Tract Gramatica di musica. Insegna il modo facile e breve per bene impre di sonare il violino ... (Rome, 1741)
- op.4 : 6 Trattimenti a violino e basso (Rome, 1742)
- Op. 5: 5 Sonata a tre da camera con due violini e basso continuo (Paris, 1743)
- op. 6: 6 trio a due violini e basso (Paris, 1744)
- op. 7: 6 Symphony a due violini e basso (Paris, 1744)
- 12 concerti à 5 con violino obligato (Paris, 1745)
- op.8: 6 Sonata a violini solo e basso (Paris, 1747)
- Op. 9: 6 Sonate da camera e chiesa a due violini e basso con pastorella (Paris, 1747)
- Treatise Nouvelle méthode pour apprendre par théorie dans un mois de temps à jouer le violon, divisé en trois classes, avec des leçons à deux violons par gradation (Liège, 1750)
- op.10 : Contrasto armonico a tre violini e basso con sui rinforzi (Paris, 1753)
- op. 14: 6 sonata a violino ò flauto traversière e harpsichord (Paris, 1748)
- op.15 : Trattimento musicale sei duetti a due violini o pardesus de viole cenza basso (Paris, 1750)
- op.16: 6 Sonata a violino solo, violoncello e cimbalo (Paris, 1753)
- op.19: Grandes Ouvertures (Paris)
- op.20: Grandes Sinfonies (Paris)
- L'Arte di nuova modulacione. Capricio musicale a VII partie (Paris, 1762)
- Pantomime a due violini o sia pardesus de viola o due violoncelli (Paris, 1763)
Web links
- Works by and about Carlo Tessarini in the German Digital Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Carlo Tessarini in the International Music Score Library Project
literature
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tessarini, Carlo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian violinist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1690 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rimini |
| DATE OF DEATH | after December 15, 1766 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |