Giovanni Battista Mancini
Giovanni Battista Mancini (born January 1, 1714 in Ascoli Piceno , Italy , † January 4, 1800 in Vienna ) was an Italian soprano castrato , singing teacher and writer of books on singing technique.
Mancini studied singing in Naples with Leonardo Leo and in Bologna with Antonio Bernacchi , as well as composition and counterpoint with Giovanni Battista Martini .
His career began at the age of 16 and he sang all over Italy and Germany. After his great success as a teacher, he was called to Vienna in 1757 as kk Cammer-Musicus and was among other things singing master of the Archduchesses, the daughters of Maria Theresa . In 1774 he published an important book on singing in Vienna: Pensieri, e riflessioni pratiche sopra il canto figurato . His ideas and publications brought him into conflict with another singing teacher, Vincenzo Manfredini . He stayed in Vienna, where he died in 1800 as a “retired court singing master” and left a considerable fortune.
Publications
- Pensieri e riflessioni pratiche sopra il canto figurato . 1st edition Ghelen, Vienna, 1774
- Riflessioni pratiche sul Canto figurato. 3rd extended edition (revised, corrected and augmented with musical examples). Galeazzi, Milan 1777.
- Practical Reflections on the Figurative Art of Singing . The Gorham Press, Boston 1912 (= translation of the 3rd expanded edition of the Pensieri (Milan, 1777) into English by Pietro Buzzi).
- Practical Reflections on Figured Singing . Pro Musica Press, Champaign, IL: 1967. (Translation of the 1st edition (Vienna 1774) into English by Edward Foreman).
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Mancini, Johann Baptist . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 16th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1867, p. 357 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Cornelius L. Reid: Bel Canto: Principles and Practices . Coleman & Ross, Boston 1950. New edition, Joseph Patelson Music House, New York 1975, ISBN 0-915282-01-1
- Hubert Ortkemper: Angels against their will: The world of the castrati . Henschel Verlag, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-89487-006-0
- Elisabeth Th. Hilscher-Fritz: Mancini, Giovanni Battista. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7001-3045-7 .
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SURNAME | Mancini, Giovanni Battista |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mancini, Giambattista |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian soprano, singing teacher and writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1714 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ascoli Piceno , Italy |
DATE OF DEATH | 4th January 1800 |
Place of death | Vienna |