Giacomo Conti (composer)

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Giacomo Conti (born May 24, 1754 in Milan , † January 24, 1805 in Vienna ) was an Italian violinist and composer .

Life

Giacomo Conti, who is often confused with the castrato Gioacchino Conti (1714–1761), was first mentioned in 1779 as an opera conductor in Varese . A performance as a violin soloist in Zurich is documented for 1786, after which he conducted operas again in various cities in northern Italy. In the late 1780s he traveled to Russia, where he was in the service of the tsar and the imperial prince Grigori Alexandrovich Potjomkin , as he noted on the title page of his sonatas op. From 1791 Conti lived in Vienna, where he conducted Italian operas with moderate success. In 1797 he was accepted into the Vienna court orchestra and was also "violin master" with Moritz Reichsgraf von Fries .

Conti's violin works are technically interesting; melodically, he was often inspired by operas of his time. Alessandro Rolla was probably one of his students .

Works (selection)

  • 6 sonatas for violin and bass op.1 (Vienna, 1788)
  • 6 sonatas for violin and bass op.2 (Vienna, 1790)
  • Violin Concerto op.4 (Vienna, 1790)
  • Violin Concerto op.5 (Vienna, 1790)
  • 3 duos for 2 violins op.6 (Vienna, 1791)
  • Solo for violin op.8 (Vienna, 1797)
  • 3 duos for 2 violins op.9 (Vienna, 1797)
  • 3 duos for 2 violins op.10 (Vienna, 1801)
  • Several trios for 2 violins and bass
  • Sinfonia a 4 with organ (lost)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barbara Boisits: Conti, Giacomo. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .
  2. ^ MGG , 2nd edition, Vol. 4, pp. 1501–1502
  3. ↑ Rolla on his 250th birthday  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 171 kB)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.festliche-serenaden.de  
personal data
SURNAME Conti, Giacomo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian violinist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1754
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1805
Place of death Vienna