Francesco Corselli
Francesco Corselli (also Francesco Courcelle * 19th April 1705 in Piacenza , † 3. April 1778 in Madrid ) was an Italian composer of the pre-classical period .
Life
Francesco or Francisco Corselli was born as the son of Charles Courcelle from France, a dance master who worked for the Farnese family. Other family members worked as dance masters at various European courts. He received his musical training from Geminiano Giacomelli (1692–1740). His first important job was between 1727 and 1732 in Parma, as ducal Kapellmeister of the Farnese and as Kapellmeister at the basilica "Santa Maria della Steccata". During this time he wrote his first two operas, which were performed in Venice, as well as a funeral music for the death of Duke Antonio Farnese and the oratorio Santa Clotilde (Parma, 1733). He continued to serve under the new Duke, the Spanish Infante Carlos, who became King of Naples in 1734 and became King Charles III in 1759 . was crowned. However, as early as 1733 Corselli was employed at the Spanish court in Madrid as a music teacher for the Infante. In 1734 he became deputy court conductor and in 1737 he was appointed court conductor by King Philip V , succeeding José de Torres .
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Corselli's life's work comprises more than 400 sacred compositions, most of which were created after the entire church music of the Capilla Real was destroyed in the fire of the royal palace in 1734. Corselli was commissioned to replace the lost music for liturgical use. He also composed several operas and cantatas , Villancicos and some sonatas for violin and B. c. and Concertini a quattro. His style is based on the Neapolitan school of Francesco Durante and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi . In contrast to the Zarzuelas of his colleagues at the Spanish court, Francesco Corradini (around 1700–1769) and José de Nebra , Corselli's stage works are based on Italian libretti, most of which came from Pietro Metastasio .
Stage works
- Venere placata (Claudio Nicola Stampa), dramma per musica (1731, Venice)
- Nino (Ippolito Zanelli / Vincenzo Cassani), dramma per musica (1732, Venice)
- La cautela en la amistad y El robo de las Sabinas (Juan de Agramont y Toledo), dramma per musica in 2 acts (1735, Madrid)
- Alessandro nell'Indie (Pietro Metastasio), dramma per musica in 3 acts (1738, Madrid, for the wedding of Charles IV of Naples with Maria Amalia of Saxony)
- Farnace (Antonio Maria Lucchini), dramma per musica in 3 acts (1739, Madrid)
- Achille in Sciro (Pietro Metastasio), dramma per musica in 3 acts (December 8, 1744, Madrid, on the engagement of Infanta Maria Teresa Antonia to the Dauphin Louis Ferdinand of France)
- La clemenza di Tito (Pietro Metastasio), dramma per musica in 3 acts (1747, Madrid) (only 1st act; 2nd act by Corradini, 3rd act by Giovanni Battista Mele )
- Il Polifemo (Paolo Rolli), dramma per musica 3 acts (1748, Madrid) (only 1st act; 2nd act by Corradini, 3rd act. By Mele)
- L'asilo d'Amore (Pietro Metastasio), Serenata (1750, Madrid, for the wedding of Infanta Maria Antonia of Spain to Viktor Amadeus III , Prince of Savoy)
- Il cuoco, o sia Il marchese del Bosco intermezzi (1758, Madrid)
Web links
- List of the stage works by Francesco Corselli based on the MGG at Operone
- Search for operas by Francesco Corselli (search term in the Autore field : “Courcelle Francesco”) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Francesco Corselli at operabaroque.fr , accessed on September 26, 2014.
- ^ L'asilo d'amore (Francesco Corselli) at Opening Night! Opera & Oratorio Premieres , Stanford University, accessed February 6, 2015.
- ^ Libretto (Italian / Spanish) by L'asilo d'Amore , Madrid 1750 as a digitized version on Google Books .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Corselli, Francesco |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Corselli, Francisco; Courcelle, Francesco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian pre-classical composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1705 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Piacenza |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 3, 1778 |
| Place of death | Madrid |