Giovanni Chinzer

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Giovanni Chinzer (born September 18, 1698 in Florence , † after 1749) was an Italian trumpeter , conductor , composer and impresario .

Life

Several members of the Chinzer family were mentioned as trumpeters in Tuscany at the beginning of the 18th century . Your nickname " corrazza " (cuirassier), which can be found in some family members as a name affix , could make membership in the Swiss Guard of the Grand Duke of Tuscany appear possible.

In 1719 Giovanni Chinzer became a member of the Music Congregation in Florence. In 1727 his first opera was performed with La serva favorita . In the following years he directed numerous opera performances at Tuscan theaters, his own, but also operas by other composers. For example, the operas L'Issipile by Giovanni Porta in Pistoia and Lucca or Artaserse by Leonardo Vinci in Pistoia. During this time he was mentioned several times as a trumpeter in various performances. In the libretto of his opera Chi non sa fingere sa godere (1738) he is referred to as " maestro di cappella fiorentino, professore di tromba da Sua Maestà Cesarea e da tutto il Sacro Romano ". Then there are other libretti names such as " maestro di cappella della Real Brigata de'Carabinieri di Sua Maestà Cattolica ".

Several of Chinzer's instrumental works were performed at the centenary of the Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam , directed by Antonio Vivaldi . Chinzer stayed in Paris around the middle of the century, where he received a royal privilege on March 11, 1749 for the printing of instrumental works that were engraved by Mme. Boivin. The assumption made by Ernst Ludwig Gerber that Chinzer was in London is considered unlikely. Giovanni Chinzer is often confused with Giuseppe Chinzer , who worked in London and who was possibly a brother.

Chinzer's theatrical works belong to the style of the Florentine commedia per musica , which, however, was gradually supplanted by the popularity of Neapolitan operas. His major instrumental works include the Concerti a 5 op. 8, which follow the example of the works of Tommaso Albinoni .

Works (selection)

Instrumental

The first prints all appeared in Paris.

  • Sei sonate da camera , 2 violins & bc (around 1750)
  • Be sonata , 2 violins, 2 horns or trumpets ad lib & bc (around 1750)
  • Be sonata da camera , violins & bc (around 1750)
  • (6) Allettamenti armonici , 2 flutes or violins (around 1750)
  • Be sonata , 2 flutes or violins & bc (around 1750)
  • (6) Simphonie , 2 violins, viola & bc (around 1751)
  • Be trios , 2 flutes & bc (around 1751)
  • (3) Concerti , for flute, 2 violins, viola & bc (around 1751)
  • Symphony a 4 , 2 violins, viola (2 horns ad lib) & bc (Paris, around 1753), (lost)
  • Be trio , 2 violins & bass (Paris, od)
  • (3) Concerti a 6 , 2 flutes, obbligato violins op.10 (around 1754)
  • Be trios , 2 violins & bc op.11 (around 1755)
  • Be Divertimenti per due violini senza basso op. 12
  • Six Sonatas or Trios , (London, ca.1750) (Reprint)
  • Six Sonatas for two violins (London, c. 1763), (reprint)
  • Concerto Pastorale a 4 (manuscript)

Vocal music

  • Abelle uccioso da Caino (Oratorio, Florence, 1731)
  • La misteriosa rissurrezione del figlio della Sunamite (Oratorio, Florence, 1739)
  • Mass for four voices and orchestra (lost)
  • Dixit Dominus (missing)

Operas

  • La serva favorita (GC Villifranchi), Opera (1727 Florence)
  • Amor vince l'odio ovvero Timocrate (A. Salvi), opera 3 acts (1731 Florence), according to the libretto only 1st act by Chinzer, 2nd and 3rd act by Lorenzo Bracci
  • La commedia in commedia (probably F. Vanneschi), Opera (1731, Florence)
  • La vanità delusa Opera (1731, Florence)
  • Pimpinone , scherzo drammatico (revised F. Vanneschi) (1735, Florence)
  • Il Temistocle (Pietro Metastasio), Opera (1737, Pisa)
  • Chi non sa fingere sa godere opera (1738, Florence)
  • La contadina nobile , intermezzo (1741, Pisa)
  • Atalo , Opera (1742, Venice); as La verità nell'inganno , (1747 in Munich)
  • Demofoonte (Pietro Metastasio) (1743, Rimini)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bianca Maria Antolini: Entry in the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani , Volume 25 (1981)
  2. ^ MGG : Volume 4, columns 942-945.
personal data
SURNAME Chinzer, Giovanni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer, impresario and trumpeter
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1698
PLACE OF BIRTH Florence
DATE OF DEATH after 1749