Francesco Molino
Francesco Molino (in France also François Molino , born June 4, 1768 in Ivrea , † 1847 in Paris ) was an Italian guitarist and composer of the early romantic period.
Life
Francesco Molino came from a family of musicians, his father Giuseppe Ignazio Molino was an oboist in the chapel of the Piedmont Regiment. When Francesco Molino was 15 years old, he followed his father into a military career. In the army he learned the theoretical basics of music, playing the oboe and the viola . From 1786 to 1789 he was violist in the Teatro Regio di Torino and violinist in the Turin court orchestra from 1814 to 1818.
Molino, who lived in Spain for a long time, probably came to Paris between 1818 and 1820. There guitar playing enjoyed great popularity in society, which was spread by musicians such as Filippo Gragnani (1767-1812), Fernando Sor , Mauro Giuliani , Dionisio Aguado , Pierre-Jean Porro and Ferdinando Carulli . Molino, from whom it is not known where he learned to play the guitar, appeared primarily as a guitar virtuoso in the Paris salons, where he achieved considerable success. Molino was also in demand as a teacher for his instrument; some of his students came from the Parisian upper class. Most of his compositions for guitar were written between 1820 and 1835. His compositions for violin date from the period after 1840, when the guitar had gradually lost its popularity.
Works (selection)
Molino composed more than 60 works for guitar, as well as instructions for learning the instrument, the Grande Méthode Complette , op. 46 (1826). In addition to chamber trios and nocturnes for flute and guitar, his Sonata op. 51 for solo guitar and his Concerto for guitar and orchestra op. 56 are particularly noteworthy. He dedicated the second of his two concerts for violin and orchestra to his friend Rodolphe Kreutzer .
Web links
- Molino's works in print
- New Guitar School (PDF; 4.4 MB), facsimile of the French-German edition, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
- Works by and about Francesco Molino in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Francesco Molino in the International Music Score Library Project
Remarks
- ↑ Martin Rätz (Ed.): Classics of the guitar. Study and lecture literature from the 18th and 19th centuries. Volume 1. Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1977; License edition Schott, Mainz, p. 143 ( To the composers ).
- ^ Ruggero Chiesa (ed.): Concerto per chitarra e orchestra op. 56. Zerboni, Milan.
- ↑ See also Walter Götze: Francesco Molino, 3 Sonatas, op. 6. B. Schott's Sons, Mainz (= guitar archive. Volume 49).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Molino, Francesco |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Molino, François |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian composer and guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1768 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ivrea |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1847 |
| Place of death | Paris |