Giovanni Battista Volpe
Giovanni Battista Volpe (* around 1620 in Venice ; † 1691 there ), also called Rovettino , was an Italian composer of the Baroque.
Giovanni Battista Volpe was a nephew of Giovanni Rovetta , composer and conductor at St. Mark's Basilica , hence the nickname. Volpe was a member of the Doge's chapel from 1645. In 1678 he received the position of first organist at St. Mark's Basilica, that of Kapellmeister in 1690. Rovettino is considered to be the one who first introduced the accompanied recitative (recitativo stromentato) in an opera, namely in "Gli amori di Apollo e di Leucotoe" . The treatise he wrote, “Il prattico al harpsichord”, is considered lost.
Works
- Vesperi 8 voices (Venice, 1691 lost)
- La costanza di Rosimonda ( Aurelio Aureli ) (1659, Venice, Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo ), music lost
- Gli amori di Apollo e di Leucotoe (The love affairs of Apollo and Leucothea, Aurelio Aureli), 3 acts (1663 Venice, Santi Giovanni e Paolo); only surviving opera
- La Rosilena (Aurelio Aureli) (1664, Venice, Santi Giovanni e Paolo), music lost
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| SURNAME | Volpe, Giovanni Battista |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rovettino |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian composer and conductor at St. Mark's Basilica |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1620 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Venice |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1691 |
| Place of death | Venice |