Gian Carlo Cailò

Gian Carlo Cailò (* 1659 in Rome ; † May 2, 1722 in Naples ) was an Italian violinist and composer.

Live and act

Cailò is mentioned for the first time among the musicians around Carlo Mannelli in Rome. From 1682 he occasionally played as a member of the chapels of San Giacomo degli Spagnoli and San Girolamo della Carità , in November 1683 his name can be found in a list of members of the Congregazione dei Musici di sotto linvocazione S. Cecilia . In the same year he followed Alessandro Scarlatti to Naples, where he played at the Teatro San Bartolomeo . He settled in Naples, where he married in 1688. From April 20, 1684 until his death he was a musician in the royal chapel and from 1690 he played in the Cappella del Tesoro di Gennaro . In 1707 he became governor of the Congregazione dei Musici di Palazzo Reale . Cailò's concert activity was determined by his activity as a teacher. In 1686 he became a teacher of string instruments at the Conservatorio di S. Maria di Loreto, and eight years later he succeeded in succeeding Nicola Vinciprova as professor of violin at the Conservatorio di S. Maria della Pietà dei Turchini. His students include Francesco Barbella , Nicola Fiorenza , Angelo Ragazzi , Giovanni Antonio Piani and the cellists Francesco Paolo Supriani and Francesco Alborea .

Only two sonatas of Cailò's compositions can currently be found.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Guido Olivieri: Foreword. In: Gian Carlo Cailò: Sonata a tre violini e organo (= I Turchini Partiture. 1). Editoriale Scientifica, Naples 2001, ISBN 88-87293-97-X .