Francesco Galeazzi

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Francesco Galeazzi (* 1758 in Turin , † January 1819 in Rome ) was an Italian violinist , music theorist , composer and scientist .

Life

Francesco Galeazzi worked as a violin teacher and for more than a decade as director of the Teatro Valle musical theater in Rome. His two-volume music theory work " Elementi teorico-pratici di musica con un saggio sopra l'arte di suonare il violino analizzata, ed a dimostrabili principi ridotta ", published in 1791 and 1796, is an important key to understanding the classical musical style an English translation as early as 1796. It contains the earliest descriptions of the sonata form . In addition to music, he also dealt with mathematics and other sciences, geography and history. Several collections of duets, a collection of string trios and vocal works are known of Galeazzi's compositions, and he also composed an opera.

Works (selection according to IMSLP)

  • Op. 1, 6 duets for 2 violins or violin and cello (1781)
  • Op. 2, 6 trios for 2 violins and viola (Milan, Biblioteca del Conservatorio di Musica Giuseppe Verdi, Noseda I.35.17)
  • Op. 15, 6 trios for violin, viola and cello (Rome, Biblioteca Casanatense, MS MUS 5858)
  • Op. 17, 3 octets for 4 violins, 2 violas and 2 cellos (Rome, Biblioteca di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte, Mss. Vess. 523)
  • Sei duetti per violino e violoncello (Rome, Biblioteca di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte, Mss. Vess 590)
  • Sei duetti per due violini, 1803 (Rome, Biblioteca privata Giancarlo Rostirolla, MS MUS 1188)
  • Sei quartetti concertanti per due violini, viola e violoncello (Naples, Biblioteca del Conservatorio di Musica S. Pietro a Maiella, Musica Strumentale 2440-2443)
  • Due sonate [noted in Bathia Churgin 2001]
  • Un solo di violino [noted in Bathia Churgin 2001]
  • Révolution Symphonie à plusieurs parties composé par François Galeazzi turinais
  • Concerto per clarinetto a solo con piu strumenti (1787)
  • 2 violin concertos (noted in Bathia Churgin 2001)

literature

  • Carlo Schmidl: Dizionario universale dei musicisti. Volume 1, Sonzogno, Milano 1937

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Carlo Tamassia: Francesco Galeazzi in Dizionario_Biografico 1998 /
  2. ^ David Damschroeder, David Russel Williams: Music theory from Zarlino to Schenker. A bibliography and guide , Pendragon Press, Stuyvesant 1990. ISBN 0-918728-99-1 . P. 97.
personal data
SURNAME Galeazzi, Francesco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian violinist, music theorist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1758
PLACE OF BIRTH Turin
DATE OF DEATH January 1819
Place of death Rome