Girolamo Nicolò Laurenti
Girolamo Nicolò Laurenti (born June 4, 1678 in Bologna , † December 26, 1751 there ) was an Italian violinist and composer .
Life
Girolamo Nicolò Laurenti came from a family of musicians, he learned to play the violin from his father Bartolomeo Laurenti (1644–1726), then from Giuseppe Torelli and Tomaso Antonio Vitali . In 1699 he was accepted as a musician in the Accademia Filarmonica and in 1710 as a composer. In 1706 he was able to take over his father's position at the Basilica of San Petronio and was appointed concertmaster there by Giacomo Antonio Perti in 1734 . Johann Joachim Quantz praised him as concertmaster of the orchestra at the Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo in Venice . Johann Georg Pisendel made several copies of works by Laurenti for his library (the so-called Schranck No: II ) in the Dresden Hofkirche. In addition to the works for strings, Laurenti wrote some sacred works.
Works (selection)
- Trio sonata in F minor, in Corona di dodici fiori armonici a tre strumenti (Bologna, 1706)
- 6 concertos for violin principale , strings and B. c. Op. 1 (Amsterdam, 1727)
- 5 concerti
- Concerto in A major for violin principale , violin, viola, bass and organ
- 25 Ricercari for violin solo
- several string symphonies
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Girolamo Nicolò Laurenti in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual evidence
- ↑ Music in the past and present , 2nd edition, volume 10, column 1336
- ↑ Robert Eitner : Biographical-bibliographical source lexicon of musicians and music scholars ... (1902)
- ^ Carlo Vitali: Entry about the Laurenti family in the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 64 (2005)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Laurenti, Girolamo Nicolò |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Laurenti, Girolamo Niccolò |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian violinist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1678 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bologna |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1751 |
| Place of death | Bologna |