Giovanni Battista Tibaldi

Giovanni Battista Tibaldi (* after 1660 in Modena , † after 1736 in Rome ) was an Italian composer and violinist.

Life

his daughter Maria Felice Tibaldi, portrayed by Pierre Subleyras

Giovanni Battista Tibaldi may have been a student of Corelli . From 1695 to 1737 he was in the service of Cardinal Ottoboni and from 1700 to 1710 he was also employed by Cardinal Benedetto Pamphili . In 1701 he was accepted into the service of Prince Urbano Barberini de Palestrina and between 1708 and 1718 he received a fixed salary as a "cammeriere" with Prince Francesco Maria Marescotti Ruspoli .

Tibaldi was a member of the Congregation "Cecilia di S.", from September 1707 he was "guardiano degli strumentisti" and in 1726 "guardiano dei Maestri di cappella". He took part in numerous musical performances in Rome of his time, for example from 1708 to 1718 in the annual celebrations of the "Accademia del Disegno di Luca S."

Under a caricature made by Pier Leone Ghezzi in 1720, the following is written about him: " Tibaldi the violinist, cut a fine figure in Corelli's day, but is no longer asked for music because he plays the old-fashioned way ".

The painter Maria Felice Tibaldi (1707–1770) (married the painter Pierre Subleyras ) and Isabelle Antoinette Laure Tibaldi (1712–1773) (married the painter Pierre Charles Trémolières ) were his daughters.

Works

The traditional compositions are based on Corelli's patterns. Two collections of trio sonatas (op. 1, 1701 and op. 2, 1704) that were printed in Rome have survived ; of these works there is a reprint made by Walsh in London in 1720 . A Sinfonia Tibaldi was published in 1701, and a “Suario ò Capriccio di otto Battute a l'imitationo del Corelli” was printed by Roger in Amsterdam around 1717 together with five violin sonatas by Tomaso Albinoni (Sun 35–39). A copy of a concert for 2 violins and strings is in the collection of the SLUB Dresden . More Tibaldi sonatas appeared in anthologies with works by other Italian contemporaries, including Corelli and Antonio Vivaldi .

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personal data
SURNAME	Tibaldi, Giovanni Battista
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian violinist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	after 1660
PLACE OF BIRTH	Modena
DATE OF DEATH	after 1736
Place of death	Rome