Gioacchino Cocchi
Gioacchino Cocchi (* 1712 probably in Naples ; † September 11, 1796 in Venice ) was an Italian composer .
Life
Nothing is known about his childhood. With some certainty he studied from 1735 with Giovanni Veneziano at the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto in Naples. From 1739 he wrote his first serious and comic operas for Naples and Rome. He married the Florentine soprano Elisabetta Giani, who also appeared in his opera I due fratelli beffati in 1746 . In 1747 he composed the comic opera La maestra for Naples , which turned out to be his greatest success and was performed by the opera company Eustachio Bambini in Paris from 1752 to 1754 during the Buffonist dispute under the title La scaltra governatrice .
In the early 1750s he became maestro di coro at the Ospedale degl'Incurabili in Venice. For this he composed a number of oratorios, motets and other sacred works, but did not give up composing operas. In 1757 he received the commission for the opening opera Zoe of the Teatro San Benedetto .
In 1757 he traveled to London . Here he became music director at the King's Theater . Here, too, he composed several of his own operas and contributed to Pasticci . Charles Burney praised some of these performances. In 1762 he was replaced as music director by Johann Christian Bach , but stayed in London for another ten years. He had good success as a music teacher and published several collections of vocal and instrumental textbooks. He also directed Teresa Cornelys' subscription concerts at Carlisle House in Soho Square, where he met the Mozart family. He did not return to Venice until 1772.
His works were successful in Naples, Rome , Padua , Bologna , Venice, Paris , Vienna , Berlin , London a . a. listed. Some church music and around 50 operas have come down to us from his extremely extensive oeuvre. So far, only the opera Li matti per amore has appeared in a modern edition .
Works
Operas
- La Matilde, commedia per musica; Libretto: Antonio Palomba ; Winter 1739, Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini
- Adelaide, dramma per musica; Libretto: Antonio Salvi ; January 12th 1743, Rome, Teatro delle Dame
- L'Elisa, commedia per musica; Libretto: Antonio Palomba; Autumn 1744, Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini
- L'Irene, commedia per musica; Libretto: Domenico Canicà ; Spring 1745, Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini
- Baiacet , dramma per musica; Libretto: Agostino Piovene ; January 8, 1746, Rome, Teatro delle Dame; revised as Tamerlano
- L'ipocondriaco risanato, intermezzi per musica; Carnival 1746, Rome, Teatro Valle
- I due fratelli beffati, commedia per musica; Libretto: Eugenio Pigrugispano ; Winter 1746, Naples, Teatro Nuovo
- La maestra, commedia per musica; Libretto: Antonio Palomba; Spring 1747, Naples, Teatro Nuovo; revised several times
- Merope, dramma per musica; Libretto: Apostolo Zeno ; January 20, 1748, Naples, Teatro San Carlo
- Siface , dramma per musica; Libretto: Pietro Metastasio ; May 30, 1748, Naples, Teatro San Carlo
- Arminio , dramma per musica; Libretto: Antonio Salvi; January 7, 1749, Rome, Teatro Argentina
- Farsetta in musica; Libretto: Angelo Lungi ; January 7, 1749, Rome, Teatro Valle; revised as Il terrazzano and Le nozze di Ser Niccolò
- La serva bacchettona, commedia per musica; Libretto: Antonio Palomba; Spring 1749, Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini
- Il finto turco, commedia per musica; Libretto: Antonio Palomba; Autumn 1749, Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini
- Siroe , dramma per musica; Libretto: Pietro Metastasio; December 26th 1749, Venice, Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo
- La Gismonda, commedia per musica; Libretto: Antonio Palomba; Spring 1750, Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini
- La mascherata, dramma comico per musica; Libretto: Carlo Goldoni ; December 27th 1750, Venice, Teatro San Cassiano
- Le donne vendicate, dramma giocoso per musica; Libretto: Carlo Goldoni; January 30th 1751, Venice, Teatro San Cassiano
- Nitocri, dramma per musica; Libretto: Apostolo Zeno; Carnival 1752, Torino, Teatro Regio
- Il tutore, componimento giocoso per musica; 1752, Rome, Teatro Valle
- Sesostri, re d'Egitto, dramma per musica; Libretto: Pietro Pariati ; May 30, 1752, Naples, Teatro San Carlo
- Il finto cieco, melodramma; Libretto: Pietro Trinchera ; Autumn 1752, Naples, Teatro Nuovo
- L'impostore, opera buffa (together with Giuseppe Scarlatti ; attribution doubtful); 1752, Barcelona, Santa Cruz
- Semiramide riconosciuta , dramma per musica; Libretto: Pietro Metastasio; February 3, 1753, Venice, Teatro San Cassiano; revised in 1771 in London
- La serva astuta, commedia per musica (together with Pasquale Errichelli ); Libretto: Antonio Palomba; Spring 1753, Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini
- La Rosmira fedele , dramma per musica; Libretto: Silvio Stampiglia ; May 30, 1753, Venice, Teatro San Samuele
- Il pazzo glorioso, dramma giocoso per musica; Libretto: Carlo Goldoni; Autumn 1753, Venice, Teatro San Cassiano
- Gli amanti gelosi, opera buffa (attribution doubtful); December 17, 1753
- Antigono , dramma per musica (attribution doubtful); Libretto: Pietro Metastasio; Carnival 1754, Bergamo,
- Le nozze di monsù Fagotto, intermezzi per musica; Libretto: Angelo Lungi ; Carnival 1754, Rome, Teatro Valle
- Tamerlano, dramma per musica (arrangement by Baiazet, together with Giovanni Battista Pescetti ); Libretto: Agostino Piovene ; Carnival 1754, Venice, Teatro San Samuele
- Il terrazzano, intermezzi per musica (arrangement of Farsetta in musica ); Carnival 1754, Florence, Teatro del Cocomero
- Demofoonte , dramma per musica; Libretto: Pietro Metastasio; May 23, 1754, Venice, Teatro San Salvatore
- Li matti per amore, dramma giocoso per musica; Libretto: Carlo Goldoni based on Gennarantonio Federicos Amor vuol sofferenza; Autumn 1754, Venice, Teatro San Samuele; revised as Il signor Cioè
- La burla da vero, intermezzo (attribution doubtful); September 23, 1754; Madrid, Buen Retiro
- Andromeda, dramma per musica; Libretto: Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi ; Carnival 1755, Torino, Teatro Regio
- Il cavalier errante, dramma giocoso per musica; Libretto: A. Medici; Carnival 1755, Ferrara, Teatro Bonacossi
- Artaserse , dramma per musica; Libretto: Pietro Metastasio; Mass 1755, Reggio Emilia, Teatro Comunale
- Il signor Cioè, dramma giocoso per musica (arrangement by Li matti per amore ); Summer 1755, Modena, Rangoni Theater
- Zoe, dramma per musica; Libretto: Francesco Silvani ; December 26th 1755, Venice, Teatro San Benedetto
- Emira, dramma per musica; January 31st 1756, Milan, Regio Ducal Teatro
- Demetrio, re di Siria (together with other composers); Libretto: Pietro Metastasio; 1757, London, King's Theater on Haymarket
- La governatrice scaltra, dramma giocoso per musica (pasticcio); Libretto: Antonio Palomba and Carlo Goldoni; Autumn 1757, Vigevano, Teatro
- Zenobia , dramma per musica; Libretto: Pietro Metastasio; 10 January 1758, London, King's Theater on the Haymarket
- Issipile , dramma per musica; Libretto: Pietro Metastasio; May 14th 1758, London, King's Theater on Haymarket
- Il Ciro riconosciuto , dramma per musica; Libretto: Pietro Metastasio; 3rd February 1759, London, King's Theater on Haymarket
- Farnace, opera seria; 1759
- Le nozze di Ser Niccolò, farsetta per musica (arrangement of Farsetta in musica ; attribution doubtful); 1760, Rome, Teatro della Pace
- La clemenza di Tito , dramma per musica; Libretto: Pietro Metastasio; 15th January 1760, London, King's Theater on Haymarket
- Antigona, dramma per musica; 17th April 1760, London, King's Theater on Haymarket
- Erginda, dramma per musica; Libretto: Matteo Noris ; 31 May 1760, London, King's Theater on Haymarket
- Arianna e Teseo, dramma per musica (pasticcio); Libretto: Francis Colman and Pietro Pariati; 16th December 1760, London, King's Theater on Haymarket
- Tito Manlio, dramma per musica; Libretto: Gaetano Roccaforte; 7th February 1761, London, King's Theater on Haymarket
- Alessandro nell'Indie , opera seria; Libretto: Pietro Metastasio; October 13, 1761, London
- Tolomeo, re d'Egitto, dramma per musica (pasticcio); Libretto: Nicola Francesco Haym ; 2nd January 1762, London, King's Theater on Haymarket
- Le nozze di Dorina, o sia Qui tra due litiganti il terzo gode, opera comica; Libretto: Carlo Goldoni; 1st February 1762, London, King's Theater on Haymarket
- La famiglia in scompiglio, dramma giocoso; Libretto: Giovan Gualberto Bottarelli ; 3rd April 1762, London, King's Theater on Haymarket
- La maestra, intermezzo in musica (with Francesco Corbisiero ); Libretto: Antonio Palomba; Carnival 1784, Florence, Teatro degli Arrischiati
- Il cavalier Bertone, intermezzo (attribution doubtful); Libretto: A. Belmuro; 23 September 1784, Madrid, Buen Retiro
- Anagilda
Oratorios
All oratorios were performed at the Ospedale degli Incurabili in Venice.
- Petri contritio in Passione Domini Nostri Jesu Christi recinenda; Holy Week 1754
- Abel occisus Christi redemptionis figura; Holy Week 1755
- Divinae hypostasis encomium; 1755 and 1784?
- Jerusalem ad Christum Dominum conversa; Holy Week 1756
- Sermo apostolicus post Dominicam Transfigurationem ejus die Festo recurrente; 1756
- Noe; Holy Week 1757
- Mons divinae claritatis; August 6, 1757
Other sacred works
- Carmina sacra, motet; 1753
- Sacer dialogus carmine complexus divini amoris et sanctae fidei, motet; August 6, 1754
- twenty more motets
- Choirs for the inauguration of Pope Clement XIII. , September 27th 1758, Padua, Teatro
- Dixit Dominus, psalm; 1788
- Laudate pueri Dominum, Psalm
- Domine ad adjuvandum, Psalm
Serenatas and Cantatas
- Il tempio della gloria; January 31, 1759
- La vera lode; 2nd July 1759, Oxford
- Il merito coronato; 2nd July 1759, Oxford
- Le speranze della terra; June 4, 1761
- Grande serenata; June 6, 1761
- Le promesse del cielo; September 19, 1761
Other vocal works
- Divertimenti, op. 54; 1759, London
- 16 songs and duets, op. 63; 1763, London
- 6 duets, op. 2; 1764, London
- 15 duets; around 1765, London
- Nuova collezione per musica vocale, consistente in molti canoni, catchs, terzetti e bacchanali; around 1765, London
- 20 Italian duets, op. 54; 1767, London
- 12 Italian "glees"; around 1770, London
Instrumental works
- 6 overtures; around 1760, London
- 20 minuets; London
- 20 minuets, op. 65; 1763, London
- 6 duets, op. 3; 1764, London
- 6 quintets; around 1780, London
literature
- Raoul Meloncelli: Cocchi, Gioacchino. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 26: Cironi-Collegno. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1982.
- Piero Weiss: Cocchi, Gioacchino. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
Web links
- Works by Gioacchino Cocchi in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Gioacchino Cocchi in the International Music Score Library Project
- Works by Gioacchino Cocchi in the Mutopia project
- Search for operas by Gioacchino Cocchi (search term in the Autore field : “Cocchi Gioacchino”) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna
- List of stage works by Gioacchino Cocchi based on the MGG at Operone
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Piero Weiss: Cocchi, Gioacchino. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cocchi, Gioacchino |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1712 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | unsure: Naples |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 11, 1796 |
| Place of death | Venice |