Giorgio Gentili
Giorgio Gentili (* around 1669 in Venice ; † after 1731 there) was an Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque.
Life
On July 10, 1689 Gentili got a job as a violinist in the ducal chapel at San Marco , where he worked as a soloist from 1693. He held this position at least until 1731, in that year he was co-signatory of a document in which Antonio Lotti's authorship of the madrigal "una siepe ombrosa" was questioned. The few remaining written references to Gentili confirm a permanent activity at San Marco. Between 1702 and 1717, "Maestro di istromenti" was also at the Ospedale dei Mendicanti .
Works
Gentili left six collections of published instrumental music, with a total of 72 individual works. Stylistically, the sonatas are comparable to those of his Venetian fellow citizen Tomaso Albinoni , but Gentili's works are technically more demanding. In his Concerti a cinque, as in Albinoni's works, one can recognize the use of the tenor viola , a characteristic of the Venetian school.
- 12 Sonata a tre, op. 1 (1701)
- 12 Concerti da camera a tre, op. 2 (1703)
- 12 Capricci da camera a violino e violoncello o cimbalo, op.3 (before 1706)
- 12 Sonata a tre, op.4 (1707)
- 12 Concerti a quattro e cinque, op.5 (1708)
- 12 Concerti a quattro, op.6 (1716)
Discography
- Trio Sonatas op. 1, No. 1–12, Ensemble Soavi Affetti, Brillant Classics (2015)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gentili, Giorgio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian violinist and Baroque composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1669 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Venice |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1731 |
| Place of death | Venice |