Felice Radicati

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Felice Radicati

Felice Alessandro Radicati (* 1775 in Turin , † March 19, 1823 in Bologna ) was an Italian violinist and classical composer .

Life

Felice Radicati was a pupil of Gaetano Pugnani in his youth and entered the Turin court orchestra in 1793. After the court orchestra was dissolved under the French government, he became a concert violinist. Together with his wife, the well-known singer Teresa Bertinotti (1776-1854), he went on concert tours that took the couple through northern Italy, France, Germany, England, Portugal and Vienna. In Amsterdam and London she sang the title roles in the world premieres of the operas Coriolano (1809) and Fedra (1811). From 1815 Felice Radicati was a violin teacher at the Liceo Musicale in Bologna, concertmaster in the theater orchestra, conductor of the city orchestra and conductor at the Basilica of San Petronio . Radicati was considered a leading representative of the Italian violin school at the beginning of the 19th century. Giuseppe Manetti (1802-1858) was one of his students . Radicati died as a result of a traffic accident caused by shy horses.

Radicati composed eight stage works, which were only partially performed, and a few arietas. Most of all, however, he left instrumental music behind. According to his biographer Carlo Pancaldi in 1828, it was Radicati's endeavor to revive the Italian string quartet against the emerging success of the Viennese classical music .

Works (selection)

Teresa Bertinotti-Radicati (1776-1854)
  • Variations for 2 violins op.4
  • String Trios op.7 (Vienna, Weigl)
  • 3 violin duets op.9 (Vienna, Cappi)
  • String Quartets op.8 (Vienna, Artaria)
  • String Quintets op.17 (Mainz, Schott)
  • Theme and variations for violin and orchestra op.18
  • Trio Concertante for violin, viola and cello op.20
  • String Quintets op.21 (Vienna)
  • Violin Concerto (1819)
  • String symphony in E flat major
  • Clarinet Concerto in E flat major
  • 7 arietas
Operas
  • Il sultano generoso (1805, not performed)
  • Coriolano (1809, Amsterdam)
  • Fedra (1811, London)
  • Castore e Polluce (1815, Bologna)
  • L'intrigo fortunato (1815, not performed)
  • Blondello ossia Riccardo Cuor di Leone (1816, Turin)
  • La lezione singolare ossia Un giorno a Parigi (1819, never performed)
  • I due prigionieri (1820, never performed)
  • Il medico per forza (1820, never performed)

literature

Carlo Pancaldi: “ Cenni intorno a Felice Radicati celebre suonatore di violino ”, Bologna, 1828

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Radicatis curriculum vitae on the operas.com website  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on July 21, 2011 (in English)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.operas.com.ar  
  2. ^ Fétis: Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie génèrale de la musique (1864) p.156
personal data
SURNAME Radicati, Felice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Radicati, Felice Alessandro (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian violinist and classical composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1775
PLACE OF BIRTH Turin
DATE OF DEATH March 19, 1823
Place of death Bologna