Giambattista Conte de Cimador

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Giambattista Cimador (also Giovanni Battista Cimador ; * 1761 in Venice , † February 27, 1805 in Bath ) was an Italian composer , musician, singer and music publisher.

Live and act

Giambattista Cimador was born in Venice in 1761 and came from a distinguished family. Little is known about his student days.

He had made a name for himself in Venice as a virtuoso on the piano , violin and cello and taught as a singing teacher. In 1791 he moved to London , where he also worked as a musician, composer and singing teacher. In 1794 there was a meeting with Joseph Haydn in the western English city of Bath . In collaboration with the Italian flautist Tebaldo Monzani , Cimador founded a music publishing house in London around 1800 . There he published important and well-known operas, symphonies and concerts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Domenico Cimarosa, among others, and arranged them for voice and piano or for performances with chamber music ensembles.

As a composer, Cimador became famous mainly with “Pimmalione” (1790), a dramatic musical scene based on the drama “ Pygmalion ” by Jean-Jaques Rousseau . This was followed by a musical fairy tale "The Rape of Proserpina " (1791).

He wrote the Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra in G major for the famous double bass virtuoso Domenico Dragonetti .

Works

  • Ati and Cybele - musical fairy tale, libretto by Alessandro Pepoli , spring 1789, Venice, Accademia dei Rinnovati
  • Pimmalione - Dramatic scene, libretto by Simeone Antonio Sografi , based on “Pygmalion” by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, world premiere January 26, 1790, Venice, Teatro San Samuele
  • The Rape of Proserpina - musical fairy tale, libretto by Mattia Botturini, world premiere at Carnival 1791, Venice, Accademia dei Rinnovati
  • Cavatina for voice and piano in F major (approx. 1800)
  • Concerto for double bass and orchestra in G major

Web links

Giambattista Cimador at Discogs

Giambattista Cimador at Allmusic

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved October 19, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Cimadoro, Giovanni Battista in "Dictionnaire Biografico". Retrieved December 6, 2018 (it-IT).
  3. ↑ Anonymous: Ati e Cibele. April 4, 2013, accessed October 19, 2018 (French).
  4. ^ Antonio Sografi: Pigmalione: scena drammatica . ??G.?? Ricordi Bühnen- und Musikverlag, Berlin ( dnb.de [accessed October 19, 2018]).
  5. ^ Ratto di Proserpina. Libretto. Italian . In: The Library of Congress . ( loc.gov [accessed October 19, 2018]).
  6. ^ Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved October 19, 2018 .
  7. ^ Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved October 19, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Cimador, Giambattista Conte de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cimador, Giambattista; Cimador, Giovanni Battista
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer, musician, singer and music publisher
DATE OF BIRTH 1761
PLACE OF BIRTH Venice
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 1805
Place of death Bath