Giulio Taglietti

Giulio Taglietti (* around 1660 in Brescia ; † 1718 there ) was an Italian violinist and composer of the Baroque period.

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Giulio Taglietti worked as a violin teacher at the Jesuit College in Brescia from around 1702. Between 1695 and 1715 he had collections published under 13 opus numbers. These include sonatas, trio sonatas, arias with instrumental accompaniment and concertos. His Concerti a cinque op. 8 is very similar in structure to the Concerto grosso . Taglietti belonged to the first generation of composers who envisaged the solo use of the cello. Taglietti's compositions are stylistically based on the works of Giuseppe Torelli . The German composer Johann Gottfried Walther arranged one of Taglietti's concertos for organ.

Taglietti was most likely a brother of the tromba marina soloist Luigi Taglietti (1668–1715), by whom some compositions have also come down to us, most of which appeared in Venice, but also in Amsterdam.

Works (selection)

• op. 1:10 Sonata da Camera for 2 violins and B. c. (Bologna 1695)
• op. 2: 6 Concerti e 4 Simphonie a tre (Venice 1696)
• op.3: 30 Aria da suonare for cello and spinet or violone (1709)
• op.5: Divertimento musicale di Camera for 2 violins and violone (Venice 1706)
• op. 6: Concerto a quattro con violoncello obligato
• op.8: Concerto a cinque (Venice 1710)
• op.10: Arie da sonare , for violin, cello and violone (Venice 1711)
• op.11 : 10 Concerti à 4 suoi rinforzi for 4 violins, viola, violone and organ (Bologna 1714)
• op.12 : Pensieri da Camera for 2 violins and bass (Venice 1714, lost)
• op. 13: 12 sonatas for violin and B. c.

Web links

• Sheet music and audio files by Giulio Taglietti in the International Music Score Library Project