Giovanni Lorenzo Gregori

Giovanni Lorenzo Gregori (* 1663 in Lucca ; † January 1745 there ) was an Italian violinist and composer of the Baroque period .

Live and act

Little is known about Giovanni Lorenzo Gregori, who worked in Lucca throughout his life. In 1684 he was one of the founding members of the "Luccheser Musikbruderschaft". From 1688 to 1692 he was Kapellmeister of the palace chapel. The music for his oratorios and passion music is considered lost. Gregori was one of the first composers to use the term Concerto grosso as the title of a concert collection whose 10 concertos are mostly four movements and based on the model of the trio sonata. In addition to his compositions, he wrote two theoretical works, Il canto fermo in pratica (1697) and his Il principianti di musica , which appeared in five editions (around 1735).

Works

• (34) Aria in stile francese a 1 e 2 voci, Op. 1 (Lucca, 1695)
• (10) Concerti grossi per due violini concertati con i ripieni se piace, alto viola, arcileuto o violoncello, con il basso per l'organo, Op. 2 (Lucca, 1698)
• Cantate da Camera a voce sola, Op. 3 (Lucca, 1698)
• Oratorio per Santa Cecilia (Lucca, 1701, lost)
• I trionfi della fede nel martirio del gloriosissimo S. Paolino primo vescovo di Lucca (Lucca, 1703, lost)
• Concerti sacri a 1 o 2 voci con strumenti (Lucca, 1705)
• La Passione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo (Lucca, 1735)
• La Natività di Nostro Signor Gesù Cristo (Lucca, 1735 or 1737, lost)
• Le glorie di S. Anna (Lucca, 1739, lost)