Filippo Maria Gherardeschi

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Filippo Maria Gherardeschi (born October 11, 1738 in Pistoia ; died June 18, 1808 in Pisa ) was an Italian composer and organist .

life and work

Coming from a family of musicians, Gherardeschi studied music in Bologna from 1756 to 1761 under the guidance of Giovanni Battista Martini . In 1761 he became a member of the Accademia Filarmonica of Bologna . In 1763 he became Kapellmeister in Volterra and shortly afterwards organist at Pisa Cathedral . In 1770 he was director of the chapel of Pistoia Cathedral , but only for a limited time, and left the place in favor of his brother Domenico . In 1783 he was appointed conductor and professor of music at the court of the Grand Duke of Tuscany Leopold II . Finally, in 1785, he served as choirmaster in the Church of Santo Stefano in Pisa.

His nephew Giuseppe Gherardeschi , organist and choirmaster of the Cathedral of Pistoia, is particularly known from his family .

Filippo Maria Gherardeschi was a great admirer of Johann Sebastian Bach , who composed mainly sacred music, but without imitating the old style of his teacher Martini or the school of Bologna . He wrote at least 26 masses, hymns, psalms and other sacred works. To commemorate the death of the first ruler of the Kingdom of Etruria , Louis I of Bourbon , he composed a large requiem mass in 1803 . Gherardeschi composed seven operas , most of which were performed in Tuscany . In 1767 he wrote the opera La contessina (the most famous opera by the German composer) with Florian Leopold Gassmann , in which he incorporated some of his arias. He also wrote a treatise Elementi per suonare il harpsichord ( basics of harpsichord playing ).

Works (selection)

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ cf. the three Gherardeschi articles in: Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period. Bertil van Boer (Ed.), P. 225.
  2. ↑ The Sonata a guisa di banda militare che suona una marcia (sound sample) , popular with organists , is dealt with in the Guide de la musique d'orgue under the name Filippo Maria Gherardeschi. ( Guide de la musique d'orgue , edited by Gilles Cantagrel , 1991, p. 398).
  3. ↑ recording (book trade link)

literature

  • Stefano Barandoni: Filippo Maria Gherardeschi (1738-1808). Musicista "Abile e di Genio" nel Granducato di Toscana. Studi Musicali Toscani 6. Edizioni ETS, Pisa 2001. (With a thematic catalog of his works and some letters from the composer to Padre Martini)
  • Brigitte François-Sappey : Filippo Maria Gherardeschi. In: Guide de la musique d'orgue. edited by Gilles Cantagrel . Fayard, Paris 1991, pp. 397-398.
  • Bertil van Boer (Ed.): Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period. 2012 ( partial online view )

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personal data
SURNAME Gherardeschi, Filippo Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Filippo Gherardesca
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer and organist
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1738
PLACE OF BIRTH Pistoia
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 1808
Place of death Pisa