Giovanni Battista Sammartini

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Giovanni Battista Sammartini, painted by Donino Riccardi.

Giovanni Battista Sammartini (* 1700 or 1701 in Milan ; † January 15, 1775 there ) was the main composer of his hometown during his lifetime . His brother Giuseppe Sammartini was also a composer and mainly worked in London.

Life

Giovanni Battista Sammartini was Kapellmeister at Sant'Ambrogio and another church in Milan and influenced Christoph Willibald Gluck with his style , whom he taught from 1736 to 1741. Other students were Christian Cannabich (1754) and Josef Myslivecek (1770s). Towards the end of his life, in 1770 and 1771, he saw Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart perform in Milan on his first trip to Italy when he tried to find permanent employment in Milan. He maintained personal contact with other contemporary composers, including Johann Christian Bach and Luigi Boccherini .

Works

Sammartini wrote more than 70 symphonies and was not only quantitatively one of the most important representatives of the early form of this musical genre. He was also one of the first composers to compose string quartets and quintets (without continuo accompaniment), and in this genre he probably had some influence on Boccherini and the young Mozart. He has also written three operas , concerti grossi , church music , cantatas , chamber music and sonatas for harpsichord .

Works with opus number

  • Op. 1: 6 Sonatas for two Violins and a thorough Bass (London, 1744)
  • Op. 2: 12 Sonata a due e tre Violini col Basso (including 4 sonatas by Antonio Brioschi ) (Paris)
  • Op. 4: 6 Sonata a violoncello col Basso (Paris)
  • Op. 4: An Overture and two Grand Concertos (London, 1766)
  • Op. 5: 12 Sonata, otto a due Violini e Basso e quattro a Flauto, due Violini e Basso (Paris, ca.1750)
  • Op. 5: 6 Sonatas for two Violins with a thorough Bass for the Harpsicord or Violoncello (London)
  • Op. 7: 6 Sonata notturne a due Violini col Basso (Paris)
  • Op. 9: 6 Sonatas call'd Notturni's in 4 Parts for a German Flute and two Violins with a Bass for the Violoncello or Harpsicord (London)

Vocal music

  • Memet, tragedia in three acts; 1732, Lodi
  • L'ambizione superata dalla virtù , dramma in three acts; Libretto: Apostolo Zeno ( Alessandro Severo ); December 26th 1734, Milan, Teatro Regio Ducale
  • L'Agrippina moglie di Tiberio, dramma per musica in three acts; Libretto: Guido Riviera; 3rd February 1743, Milan, Teatro Regio Ducale
  • La gara dei geni, componimento drammatico ; Libretto: Guido Riviera; May 28, 1747, Milan, Teatro Regio Ducale
  • Le figlie di Sion, oratorio ; 1758, Milan

literature

  • Anna Cattoretti, booklet text on CD: Giovanni Battista Sammartini: Quintetti e Quartetti , Ensemble Aglaia, published by: Stradivarius / Dulcimer (STR 33426), 1997.
  • Klaus Stübler, Christine Wolf: Harenberg composers lexicon . Meyers Lexikonverlag, Mannheim 2004, ISBN 3-411-76117-2 , p. 351 f., 802 f .
  • Karl H. Wörner: History of Music . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1993, ISBN 3-525-27812-8 , pp. 346 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anna Cattoretti, booklet text on the CD: Giovanni Battista Sammartini: Quintetti e Quartetti , Ensemble Aglaia, published by: Stradivarius / Dulcimer (STR 33426), 1997, p. 5 (ital.).
  2. ↑ Anna Cattoretti, booklet text on the CD: Giovanni Battista Sammartini: Quintetti e Quartetti , Ensemble Aglaia, published by: Stradivarius / Dulcimer (STR 33426), 1997, p. 5 (ital.).
  3. ↑ Bathia Churgin:  Sammartini, Giovanni Battista. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
  4. ↑ L'ambizione superata dalla virtù (Giovanni Battista Sammartini) in Corago information system of the University of Bologna
  5. ^ L'Agrippina moglie di Tiberio (Giovanni Battista Sammartini) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna
  6. ^ La gara dei geni (Giovanni Battista Sammartini) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna
  7. ↑ Le figlie di Sion (Giovanni Battista Sammartini) in Corago information system of the University of Bologna
personal data
SURNAME Sammartini, Giovanni Battista
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian pre-classical composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1700 or 1701
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1775
Place of death Milan