Domenico Ferrari

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Domenico Ferrari (* 1722 in Piacenza , † 1780 in Paris ) was an Italian composer and violinist of the pre-classical period.

Life

His teachers were the composers Andrea Zani and Giuseppe Tartini , one of whose best Italian students he is said to have been. After completing his studies, he settled in Cremona . In 1749 he made his first appearance at the Imperial Court in Vienna, where he was celebrated as a successful violin virtuoso. In 1753 he accepted a position at the Württembergischer Hof in Stuttgart, where he performed as a soloist with Pietro Nardini . Ferrari played with great success at the Concerts spirituels in Paris in 1754 , where he definitely settled.

Ferrari's well-known compositional oeuvre consists exclusively of instrumental music. The use of the figured bass is characteristic of his violin sonatas, which gives his works a baroque character. His harmonies and the three-movement form of his sonatas, on the other hand, correspond more to the classical style. In some works he replaces the baroque running bass with a slowly moving bass line. The use of flageolet tones is of historical interest as their occurrence in Ferrari's sonatas is one of the early examples of this technique.

An older brother of Ferrari, Carlo Ferrari (1714–1790), was a cellist in the capella ducale in Parma and published two collections of cello sonatas and two collections of six string symphonies each in Paris.

Works

  • 6 trio sonatas (London, 1757)
  • op. 1-6 36 sonatas for violin and bass (Paris, 1758–1762)
  • op. 2 6 duo sonatas for two violins No. 1 and 2 by Nardini (London, around 1765)
  • op. 2 6 sonatas for violin, harpsichord or bass, authorship unsecured (Amsterdam, c1766–74)
  • Concerto for violin and strings
  • Sonata fragment for flute and bass
  • 6 nouvelles romances (Paris)

source

New Grove 1st Edition

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Talbot: Keyword Zani, Andrea in “ Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians ” (“The New Grove”) 2nd ed. (Paperback), Volume 20, London and New York 2001, p. 641
personal data
SURNAME Ferrari, Domenico
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian violinist and composer of the early classical period
DATE OF BIRTH 1722
PLACE OF BIRTH Piacenza
DATE OF DEATH 1780
Place of death Paris