Gaetano Maria Schiassi

Gaetano Maria Schiassi (born March 10, 1698 in Bologna , † 1754 in Lisbon ) was an Italian composer and violinist.

Gaetano Maria Schiassi received his training at the Accademia Filarmonica in Bologna, to which he belonged from 1719 as a suonatore . He worked at various courts in Italy and at the court of the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt before he settled in Lisbon in 1734, where he worked in the royal chapel and founded an opera house, the "Academia da Trindade". In his Lisbon correspondence with Padre Giovanni Battista Martini from 1735 to 1753, Schiassi describes his activities as a composer, teacher and singer.

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Schiassi composed ten operas, often in a pastoral style, similar to that of Giacomo Antonio Perti , who was also from Bologna . Four oratorio settings on libretti by Pietro Metastasio are also from his pen: La passione di Gesù Cristo , Giuseppe riconosciuto , Gioas re di Giuda and Il sacrificio d'Isaac . The following were printed: A collection of 12 sonatas for violin and bc (Bologna, 1724), 10 “Trattenimenti musicali per camera” for violin and bc (Bologna, 1724), 12 violin concertos (Amsterdam, 1737). Several other works, including some overtures and symphonias, have been preserved as manuscripts. His Christmas symphony a 4, “Sinfonia pastorale per il santissimo natale di nostro Jesu”, also available as a reprint, has been recorded several times.

literature

The New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians. 1980, ISBN 1-56159-174-2 .

Web links

Commons : Gaetano Maria Schiassi - collection of images, videos and audio files

Sheet music and audio files by Gaetano Maria Schiassi in the International Music Score Library Project
Search for operas by Gaetano Maria Schiassi (search term in the Autore field : “Schiassi Gaetano Maria”) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna

Individual evidence

^ Anne Schnoebelen: Schiassi, Gaetano Maria. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
↑ Simon McVeigh, Jehoash Hirshberg: The Italian solo concerto, 1700-1760: rhetorical strategies and style history. Boydell Press, Rochester, NY 2004, ISBN 1-84383-092-2 .

personal data
SURNAME	Schiassi, Gaetano Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian composer and violinist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 10, 1698
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bologna
DATE OF DEATH	1754
Place of death	Lisbon

[1] Anne Schnoebelen: Schiassi, Gaetano Maria. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).

[2] Simon McVeigh, Jehoash Hirshberg: The Italian solo concerto, 1700-1760: rhetorical strategies and style history. Boydell Press, Rochester, NY 2004, ISBN 1-84383-092-2 .