Francesco Petrini

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Francesco Petrini (* 1744 in Berlin , † 1819 in Paris ) was a French harpist and composer .

Life

Like his sister Marie-Thérèse Petrini (1736–1814), Francesco Petrini received harp and composition lessons from his father, who came from Italy and who had been a harpist in the Rheinsberg court orchestra of Frederick the Great from 1735 . After a job at the court of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 1765 to 1769 he went to Paris, where he appeared as a harpist at the Concert spirituel in 1770 . From 1798 he was editor of the monthly journal Le Glaneur lyrique , with pedagogical advice for harpists and short compositions.

His son Henri Petrini (around 1775-around 1800) also played the harp and published his first compositions as a child, including his four harp sonatas opp. 3 and 5, several collections of Airs Variés and a collection of chansons with harp accompaniment.

plant

Petrini wrote mainly for his instrument; his works met the taste of the Parisian public, which they were successful with until Jean-Baptiste Krumpoltz surpassed him in their favor. Nevertheless, Petrini was still a sought-after teacher for the harp and harmony. In 1796 he published a harp school ( Méthode pour la Harpe, avec la manière de l'accorder ), which was used in new editions until the 20th century, and a theory of harmony (1796), which was published in an expanded edition in 1810 under the title “ Étude préliminaire de la Composition, selon le nouveau systhème de l'harmonie en soixante accords ”appeared.

Musical works (selection)
  • Four harp concertos: Op. 18, Op. 25, Op. 27 and Op. 29. The fourth concert, composed around 1788, is not aimed at lovers like the previous ones, but with its arpeggios and complex cadences requires a high degree of virtuosity.
  • 4 symphonies for solo harp and orchestral accompaniment op.36 (1795)
  • Six Sonates pour la Harpe op.1 (Lyon, 1769)
  • Six Sonates pour la Harpe op.2 (Lyon, 1770)
  • IIIie Livre de Sonates Op. 9
  • IVie Livre de Sonates op.10 (1775)
  • Air varié tyrolien for harp and violin op.46
  • Les Folies d'Espagne et douze variations
  • Airs variés pour la Harpe op. 2 op. 8, op. 13 to op. 17 and op. 44, op. 47
  • Airs with harp accompaniment, op.2, op.20, op.21, op.22, op.23

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ classical-composers.org
  2. ^ Hans Joachim Zingel: Harp Music in the Nineteenth Century. Indiana University Press, ISBN 978-0253368706
  3. ^ Journal général de la littérature de France ou répertoire méthodique, Volume 1
  4. ^ François-Joseph Fétis: Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie génèrale de la musique (1865)
personal data
SURNAME Petrini, Francesco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Petrini, François; Petrini, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French harpist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1744
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 1819
Place of death Paris