Gaetano Agazzi

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Gaetano (de Bergame) Agazzi, also Gajetan Agazzi, (* around 1730 , † after 1800 ) was an Italian cellist and composer .

Life

Gaetano Agazzi was born around 1730. He grew up in Milan and was trained as a cellist. As a traveling virtuoso, he probably came to Amsterdam in the 1770s , where his Opus 1 was also published. On December 17th, 1776 he gave his first concert in 't Wapen van Amsterdam . From 1795 to 1800 he played in the orchestra of the Societé Felix Meritis in Amsterdam. In 1798 he performed a sonata for four violoncellos with the cellists Helken, Calmus and Meyer. In 1777 he became a member of the La Bien Aimée lodge in Amsterdam.

Works (selection)

  • Six sonatas for violoncello and bass op. 1, printed by Markordt in Amsterdam around 1785, dedication to Burman de Mathod ( digital copy )
    • Sonata No. 1 in C major: I Allegretto II Largo Assai II Rondo Andante
    • Sonata No. 2 in G major: I Allegro Moderato II Largo II Rondo Andante
    • Sonata No. 3 in A major: I Allegro non troppo II Largo Assai III Menuetto con Variationi
    • Sonata No. 4 in D major: I Allegro Comodo II Largo Assai III Allegro Assai
    • Sonata No. 5 in B flat major: I Largo Assai II Rondo Comodo
    • Sonata No. 6 in E flat major: I Allegro Moderato II Largo Assai III Rondo Presto, printed in 1964 in Padua by Guglielmo Zanibon, edited by Ettore Bonelli, cello part revised by Benedetto Mazzacurati OCLC 7234438
  • Ten violoncello sonatas, handwritten in the Conservatory in Milan

literature

  • Gaetano Agazzi. In: Alfred Baumgartner: Musik der Klassik, Kiesel Verlag, 1982 ISBN 3-7023-4003-3
  • Edmund van der Straeten: History of the Violoncello, the Viol Da Gamba, Their Precursors and Collateral Instruments. AMS Press, 1976 ISBN 978-0-4041-3100-5 (English)
  • Agazzi, Gaetano de Bergame. In: Paul Vandevijvere: Dictionnaire des compositeurs francs-maçons. Primento, 2015 ISBN 978-2-8066-3138-1 (French)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Reinhard Strohm: The Eighteenth-century Diaspora of Italian Music and Musicians . Brepols, 2001, ISBN 978-2-503-51020-0 (English, google.de [accessed January 20, 2019]).
  2. ↑ Paul Vandevijvere: Agazzi, Gaetano de Bergame . In: Dictionnaire des compositeurs francs-maçons . Primento, 2015, ISBN 978-2-8066-3171-8 (French, google.de [accessed January 20, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Agazzi, Gaetano
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Agazzi, Gajetan; Agazzin, Gaetano de Bergame
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cellist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1730
DATE OF DEATH after 1800