Giuseppe Sarti

Giuseppe Sarti (baptized December 1, 1729 in Faenza ; † July 28, 1802 in Berlin ) was an Italian composer , conductor and music teacher .

Life

Giuseppe Sarti received his first training in his hometown, with Paolo Tommaso Alberghi , then in Bologna with Padre Martini and was organist at the cathedral in Faenza from 1748 to 1750, before he made his acquaintance with Pompeo in Armenia as an opera composer from 1752 and for some time that City Theater directed. In 1753 he joined the opera company of Pietro Mingotti as Kapellmeister and came to Copenhagen, where from 1756 to 1765 he was music teacher to the Danish Crown Prince and court conductor.

Sarti, who was maestro di coro of the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice for about a year in 1766 , composed his intermezzo La giardiniera brillante during this time , which was performed in Rome in 1768.

From 1770 to 1772 he directed the court theater in Copenhagen, for which he composed several syngespiles in Danish. He lost that position in 1775 due to political intrigue related to bribery and then returned to Italy.

In 1779 Sarti was Kapellmeister at the Milan Cathedral , an office he won in a competition against Giovanni Paisiello . In 1784 he followed a call from Tsarina Katharina II as court conductor to St. Petersburg. On the way there he was received by Emperor Joseph II in Vienna and got to know Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - whose string quartets he found "barbaric" - as well as Antonio Salieri and Christoph Willibald Gluck . In St. Petersburg he was commissioned to set up a conservatory based on the Italian model and wrote Orthodox church music, but after the death of Catherine in 1796 and the murder of her son and successor Tsar Paul I , these plans came to a halt. He then entered the service of Prince Grigory Alexandrovich Potjomkin , with whom he traveled on his military campaigns against the Ottoman Empire . After Potjomkin died in 1791, Sarti was reappointed court composer. However, he wanted to return to Italy because of his poor health and died on the return journey in Berlin.

Sarti was also a teacher; Luigi Cherubini was one of his students in Milan . He also invented an acoustic apparatus for counting vibrations, the Petersburg concert pitch , which earned him honorary membership in the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences.

reception

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart quotes a melody from Sarti's comic opera Fra due litiganti il terzo gode as wind music in the table scene in the finale of the second act of Don Giovanni , together with a melody that has also become popular from his own Le nozze di Figaro and a third opera melody known at the time by Vicente Martín y Soler .

Of his operas, the following are worth mentioning: Le gelosie villane , Giulio Sabino (1781) and Le nozze di Dorina . Giulio Sabino achieved an extraordinary success in a performance in Vienna in 1785, in which the famous castrato Luigi Marchesi as Sabino and Catarina Cavalieri as Epponina took part. Antonio Salieri quoted some numbers from the popular opera in his opera satire Prima la musica e poi le parole . The pianist and composer Joseph Sardi also published his programmatic sonata op. 1 (subtitled as Sonata caratteristica ) Giulio Sabino ed Epponina for violin and piano in E major with the Viennese publishing house Artaria , which also quotes some numbers from the opera.

Works

Stage works

Pompeo in Armenia , dramma per musica , 3 acts, B. Vitturi, Carnival 1752, Faenza
Il re pastore , dramma per musica, 3 acts, Metastasio , Carnival 1753, Pesaro
Vologeso , dramma per musica, 3 acts, Apostolo Zenos Lucio Vero , Carnival 1754, Copenhagen , Det Kongelige Teater
Antigono , dramma per musica, 3 acts, Metastasio, 1754, Copenhagen , Det Kongelige Teater
Ciro riconosciuto , dramma per musica, 3 acts, Metastasio, 1754, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
Demofoonte , dramma per musica, 3 acts, Metastasio, Carnival 1755, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
Sesostri , dramma per musica, 3 acts, Pietro Pariati, 1755, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
Il sogno di Scipione , Metastasio, 1755, Copenhagen
Arianna e Teseo , dramma per musica, Pietro Pariati, Carnival 1756, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
Anagilda , dramma per musica, G. Gigli, 1758, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
Achille in Sciro , dramma per musica, 3 acts, Metastasio, 1759, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
Armida abbandonata , dramma per musica, L. de Villati, 1759, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
Artaserse , dramma per musica, 3 acts, Metastasio, Carnival 1760, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
Astrea placata , festa teatrale, 1 act, Metastasio, October 17, 1760, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
Andromaca , dramma per musica, 3 acts, Apostolo Zeno, 1760, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
Filindo , pastorale eroica, 3 acts, P. d'Averara, 1760, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
Issipile , dramma per musica, 3 acts, Metastasio, spring 1761, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
Nitteti , dramma per musica, 3 acts, Metastasio, October 12, 1761, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
Alessandro nell'Indie , dramma per musica, 3 acts, Metastasio, autumn 1761, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
La figlia recuperata , dramma pastorale, PA Timido, February 1762, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
Semiramide , dramma per musica, 3 acts, Metastasio, autumn 1762, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
Didone abbandonata , dramma per musica, 3 acts, Metastasio, 1762, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
Narciso , dramma pastorale , 3 acts, Apostolo Zeno, Carnival 1763, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
Cesare in Egitto , dramma per musica, 3 acts, GF Bussani, autumn 1763, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
Il naufragio di Cipro , dramma pastorale, 3 acts, PA Ziani, January or spring 1764, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
Il gran Tamerlano , tragedia per musica, 3 acts, A. Piovene , early 1764, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
Ipermestra , dramma per musica, 3 acts, Metastasio, Carnival 1766, Rome , Teatro Argentina
La giardiniera brillante , Intermezzo , 2 acts, 1768, Rome, Teatro Valle
L'asile de l'amour , dramatic cantata, Deschamps, after Metastasio, July 22, 1769, Copenhagen, Christiansborg
La double méprise, ou Carlile et Fany , comédie mêlée d'ariettes , 1 act, Deschamps, July 22, 1769, Copenhagen, Christiansborg
Soliman den Andes , Syngespil , 3 acts, CD Biehl, after Charles-Simon Favart , October 8, 1770, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
Le bal , Opéra comique , Deschamps, 1770, Copenhagen, Christiansborg
Demofoonte (revised version), dramma per musica, 3 acts, Metastasio, January 30, 1771, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
Tronfølgen i Sidon , lyrisk tragi-comedia (Syngespil), 2 acts, NK Bredal, after Metastasio's Il re pastore , April 4, 1771, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
La clemenza di Tito , dramma per musica, 3 acts, Metastasio, June 1771, Padua , Obizzi
Il re pastore , dramma per musica, 3 acts, Metastasio, 1771, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
Il tempio dell'eternità , festa teatrale, 1 act, Metastasio, 1771, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
Deucalion og Pyrrha , Syngespil, 1 act, CA Thielo and NK Bredal, after Pouillain de Saint Foix, March 19, 1772, Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Teater
Aglae, eller Støtten , Syngespil, 1 act, C. Fasting and AG Carstens, after Poinsinet de Sivry, February 16, 1774, Copenhagen, Christiansborg
Kierlighedsbrevene , Syngespil, 3 acts, Biehl, after Boissy, March 22nd 1775, Copenhagen, Christiansborg
Farnace , dramma per musica, 3 acts, AM Lucchini, 1776, Venice , Teatro San Samuele
Le gelosie villane , dramma giocoso , 3 acts, T. Grandi, 1776, Venice, Teatro San Samuele
Iphigenia , dramma per musica, 3 acts, Carnival 1777, Rome, Teatro Argentina
Medonte, re di Epiro , dramma per musica, Giovanni de Gamerra , September 8, 1777, Florence , Teatro della Pergola
Il militare bizzarro , dramma giocoso, 2 acts, T. Grandi, December 27, 1777, Venice, Teatro San Samuele
Scipione , dramma per musica, E. Giunti, autumn 1778, Mestre , Casa Balbi
I contrattempi , dramma giocoso, Nunziato Porta, November 1778, Venice, Teatro San Samuele
Adriano in Siria , dramma per musica, 3 acts, Metastasio, December 26th 1778, Rome, Teatro Argentina
Olimpiade , dramma per musica, 3 acts, Metastasio, 1778, Florence
L'ambizione delusa , intermezzo, 2 acts, February 1779, Rome, Capranica
Achille in Sciro , dramma per musica, 3 acts, Metastasio, autumn 1779, Florence, Teatro della Pergola
Mitridate a Sinope , dramma per musica, 3 acts, autumn 1779, Florence, Palla a Corda
Siroe , dramma per musica, 3 acts, Metastasio, December 26th 1779, Turin , Teatro Regio
Giulio Sabino , dramma per musica, 3 acts, P. Giovannini's Epponima , 1781, Venice, Teatro San Benedetto
Demofoonte (third version), dramma per musica, 3 acts, Metastasio, Carnival 1782, Rome, Argentina
Alessandro e Timoteo , dramma per musica, 3 acts, G. della Torre di Rezzonico, April 6, 1782, Parma , court
Didone abbandonata (revised version), dramma per musica, 3 acts, Metastasio, June 1782, Padua, Obizzi
Fra i due litiganti il terzo gode , dramma giocoso, 2 acts, Carlo Goldoni 's Le nozze , September 14, 1782, Milan , Teatro alla Scala
Attalo, re di Bitinia , dramma per musica, 3 acts, December 26th 1782, Venice, San Benedetto
Idalide , dramma per musica, 3 acts, F. Moretti, January 8, 1783, Milan, Scala
Erifile , dramma per musica, 2 acts, Giovanni de Gamerra, Carnival 1783, Pavia
Il trionfo della pace , dramma per musica, 2 acts, C. Olivieri, May 10th 1783, Mantua , Ducale
Olimpiade (revised version), dramma per musica, 3 acts, Metastasio, 1783, Rome, lady
Gli amanti consolati , dramma giocoso, 2 acts, 1784, St. Petersburg
I finti eredi , opera comica, 2 acts, Giovanni Bertatis Il vilano geloso , 19./30. October 1785, St. Petersburg, Kammenïy
Armida e Rinaldo , dramma per musica, 2 acts, Marco Coltellini , 15./26. January 1786, St. Petersburg, Hermitage
Castor e Polluce , dramma per musica, 2 acts, F. Moretti, after P.-J. Bernard, September 22nd / 3. October 1786, St. Petersburg, Hermitage
Zenoclea , Azione teatrale , 2 acts, F. Moretti, 1786, unplayed,
Alessandro nell'Indie (second version), dramma per musica, Metastasio, Winter 1787, Palermo , San Cecilia
Cleomene , dramma per musica, 3 acts, Giovanni de Gamerra, December 27, 1788, Bologna , Zagnoni
Načal'noe upravlenie Olega (in collaboration with Carlo Canobbio and Vasily Pashkevich ), 5 acts, Catherine the Great , 15./26. October 1790, St. Petersburg, Hermitage
Andromeda , dramma per musica, F. Moretti, October 24th / 4th November 1798, St. Petersburg, Hermitage
Enea nel Lazio , dramma per musica, 2 acts, F. Moretti, 15./26. October 1799, St. Petersburg, Kammenïy
La famille indienne en Angleterre , 3 acts, Marchese di Castelnau, after August von Kotzebue , 1799, St. Petersburg, Kammenïy
Les amours de Flore et de Zéphire , ballet anacréontique, 2 acts, P. Chevalier, 8./20. September 1800, Gatchina
Gram og Signe , (NK Bredal), Syngespil 3 acts, pasticcio with music by Sarti and others

Work editions

Giulio Sabino , ristampa anastatica del facsimile dell'edizione di Vienna, Bologna, Forni [1969], (Bibliotheca musica Bononiensis, sezione IV, n. 128).
VI sonata a flauto traversiero solo e basso continuo. Paris, sd / III sonata per il harpsichord con violino o flauto traverso concertante. Amsterdam sd, Florence, SPES 1989 (Archivum Musicum: Flauto Traversiere, 17).
Ciro riconosciuto , facsimile, edited by Piero Mioli, Firenze, SPES 2002.
Due sonate inedite per clavicembalo (o pianoforte) , Ed. R. Satta, Varenna (LC), Eurarte 2002 (Rarità musicali).
Sonata Caratteristica “Giulio Sabino ed Epponina”, op. 1 , Ed. R. Satta, Varenna, Eurarte 2002 (Rarità musicali).
Quattro sonate inedite per clavicembalo (organo o pianoforte) , Ed. R. Satta (with facsimile), Capua (CE), Esarmonia 2008.
Sonata per clavicembalo (organo o pianoforte) in sol maggiore , Ed. Roberto Satta (with facsimile), Capua (CE), Esarmonia 2008.
Sonata in mi bemolle maggiore per clavicembalo (organo o pianoforte) , Ed. Roberto Satta (with facsimile), Capua (CE), Esarmonia 2009.
Due sonate per clavicembalo (organo o pianoforte) , Ed. Roberto Satta (with facsimile), Capua (CE), Esarmonia 2009.
Aria “Questo core io ti donai” dall'opera buffa Gli amanti consolati per soprano e pianoforte , Ed. Roberto Satta, Capua (CE), Esarmonia [in preparation].

literature

Roland Pfeiffer: The Opere buffe by Giuseppe Sarti (1729–1802). Bosse , Kassel 2007.
Roberto Satta: Le sonate per clavicembalo o forte piano di Giuseppe Sarti. In: Studi e documentazioni - rivista umbra di musicologia , XXI / 2, 2002, pp. 23–63.
Roberto Satta: Intorno a Giuseppe Sarti. Giornata internazionale di studi. In: Studi e documentazioni - rivista umbra di musicologia , XXI / 2, 2002, pp. 88–90.
Roberto Satta: L'epoca dello stile galante. In: Studi e documentazioni - rivista umbra di musicologia , XXII / 2, 2003, pp. 3 - 42.
Roberto Satta: Le sonate per tastiera di Giuseppe Sarti: catalogo tematico. In: Fonti musicali italiane , XIII, 2008, pp. 93-116.
Roberto Satta: Giuseppe Sarti. La vita e l'opera. In: Studi e documentazioni - rivista umbra di musicologia , XXVIII / 1, 2009, pp. 25 - 42.
Albino Varotti: L'ambiente in cui operò Giuseppe Sarti musicista europeo. Note su note. In: Studi e documentazioni - rivista umbra di musicologia , XXVIII / 1, 2009, pp. 43–54.

Web links

Commons : Giuseppe Sarti - collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Giuseppe Sarti in the catalog of the German National Library
Works by and about Giuseppe Sarti in the German Digital Library
Sheet music and audio files by Giuseppe Sarti in the International Music Score Library Project
Opera works and manuscripts by Giuseppe Sarti in the DFG opera project
List of stage works by Giuseppe Sarti based on the MGG at Operone
Search for operas by Giuseppe Sarti (search term in the Autore field : “Sarti Giuseppe”) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Clive Unger-Hamilton, Neil Fairbairn, Derek Walters; German arrangement: Christian Barth, Holger Fliessbach, Horst Leuchtmann, et al .: The music - 1000 years of illustrated music history . Unipart-Verlag, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-8122-0132-1 , p. 89 .

personal data
SURNAME	Sarti, Giuseppe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian composer
DATE OF BIRTH	baptized December 1, 1729
PLACE OF BIRTH	Faenza
DATE OF DEATH	July 28, 1802
Place of death	Berlin

[:0-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Clive Unger-Hamilton, Neil Fairbairn, Derek Walters; German arrangement: Christian Barth, Holger Fliessbach, Horst Leuchtmann, et al .: The music - 1000 years of illustrated music history . Unipart-Verlag, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-8122-0132-1 , p. 89 .