Giovanni Alberto Ristori

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Giovanni Alberto Ristori (* 1692 possibly in Bologna , † February 7, 1753 in Dresden ) was an Italian composer , organist and conductor of the late Baroque.

Life

Giovanni Alberto Ristori was the son of the Italian actor Tomaso Ristori and came with him to the Saxon court when he found a job there as the head of the Italian actor troupe. Giovanni Alberto Ristori was considered a skilful composer, piano and organ player and in 1717 was employed as a "composer" at the Italian court theater. At the same time he was head of the “Polish Chapel”, which was founded in 1717 mainly for the purpose of accompanying the king to Poland instead of the royal-electoral chapel . In 1733 Ristori was given the post of chamber organist, in 1746 that of church composer and in 1750 he was appointed vice conductor under Johann Adolph Hasse .

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The royal music collection in Dresden owned a large number of his works, including eleven complete masses , three masses without a creed, five glorias (four of them double-choir), 21 motets , three requiems , twenty psalm settings and three oratorios . Ristori also created 19 stage works , 16 cantatas , several arias , instrumental concerts and a textbook Esercizi per l'Accompagnamento . Most of the attention deserve his comic operas, which are to be counted among the earliest creations of the opera buffa in northern Germany , namely Calandro (1726) and Un pazzo ne fà cento, ovvero Don Chisciotte (1727).

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SURNAME Ristori, Giovanni Alberto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer of the late baroque period at the Saxon court
DATE OF BIRTH 1692
PLACE OF BIRTH uncertain: Bologna
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 1753
Place of death Dresden