Eligio Celestino

Eligio Celestino (born March 20, 1739 , probably in Pisa , † January 24, 1812 in Ludwigslust ) was an Italian violinist, composer and conductor who worked primarily in Germany.

Life

Eligio Celestino worked in Rome until around 1770 and then went on concert tours as a violin virtuoso, which took him to London in 1772. In 1776 he came to Stuttgart from London . From April he became concertmaster and violin teacher at the ducal military academy Hohe Karlsschule , where his compatriot Antonio Boroni also worked. From 1777 he was also listed as concertmaster in the salary list of court music at the Stuttgart court of Duke Carl Eugen . In September 1777 he left Stuttgart without permission ( deserted ). From February 1778 he was concertmaster at the court of the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in Ludwigslust , where he stayed until the end of his life. After Antonio Rosetti's death in 1792, Celestino was given the leadership of the court orchestra, which later became the Mecklenburg State Orchestra Schwerin .

Gravestone for Sarah Stanton-Celestino, Ludwigslust cemetery

He was married to the English singer Sarah Stanton (1749–1798). In 1780 he gave concerts with his wife in Frankfurt am Main and in 1783 in Copenhagen .

Works

Most of Celestino's compositions came with the (grand) ducal music collection in the music collection of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Library in Schwerin. He composed arias, overtures, symphonies and duets.

literature

Paul David: Celestino, Eligio. In: A Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 1900 online
Sterling E. Murray: The Career of an Eighteenth-Century Kapellmeister. The Life and Music of Antonio Rosetti. (Eastman Studies in Music Series) Boydell & Brewer 2014, ISBN 978-1-58046-467-3 .

Web links

Literature about Eligio Celestino in the Landesbibliographie MV
Eligio Celestino in the database of the Research Center Southwest German Court Music (with catalog of works)

Individual evidence

^ According to Enza Venturini: CELESTINO, Eligio. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 23: Cavallucci-Cerretesi. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1979.
↑ Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 1744 .

personal data
SURNAME	Celestino, Eligio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian violinist, composer and conductor, mainly active in Germany
DATE OF BIRTH	March 20, 1739
PLACE OF BIRTH	unsure: Pisa
DATE OF DEATH	January 24, 1812
Place of death	Ludwigslust

[1] According to Enza Venturini: CELESTINO, Eligio. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 23: Cavallucci-Cerretesi. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1979.

[2] Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 1744 .