Giuseppe Scarlatti
Giuseppe Scarlatti , German Josef Scarlatti (* 1718 or June 18, 1723 in Naples , † August 17, 1777 in Vienna ) was an Italian - Austrian composer .
Life
Giuseppe, by his own account a grandson of Alessandro Scarlatti and nephew of Domenico Scarlatti (but this is not certain), initially wrote operas for the stages in Rome , Naples and Venice . In 1757 he settled permanently in Vienna as a composer and piano teacher.
Largely forgotten today, Giuseppe (Josef) Scarlatti was not musically innovative, but he was a capable composer in the style of his time. Especially in his comic operas he impressed with fresh, pleasant melodies. The libretti of his over 30 operas were mostly from Pietro Metastasio ( opera seria ) or Carlo Goldoni ( opera buffa ). His work also includes three cantatas and harpsichord sonatas.
Since Domenico Scarlatti also had the first name Giuseppe, there were occasional mix-ups in later times. Arias from Giuseppe's operas Merope (Rome 1740) and Arminio in Germania (Florence 1741) were z. T. wrongly attributed to Domenico. Giuseppe's stay in Naples in 1754/55 also led to erroneous reports that Domenico Scarlatti would return there.
Works (selection)
- Il Siroe , dramma per musica; Libretto: Pietro Metastasio ; Florence 1742; also performed in Livorno in 1747 and in Turin in 1750
- Partenope , dramma per musica; Libretto: Silvio Stampiglia ; Turin 1749
- L'isola disabitata , dramma giocoso per musica; Libretto: Carlo Goldoni ; Venice 1757; Also in 1760 in Geneva under the title La Cinese smarrita listed
- Bajazet , dramma per musica; Libretto: Agostino Piovene ; Verona 1765
- Gli stravaganti, commedia per musica; Libretto: Alcindo Isaurense ; Vienna 1765; also 1768 in Vienna under the title La moglie padrona listed
literature
- Max Dietz: Scarlatti, Josef . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 479.
- Ulisse Prota-Giurleo: 'I congiunti di Alessandro Scarlatti', Celebrazione del terzo centenario della nascita di Alessandro Scarlatti . 1960
Web links
- List of stage works by Giuseppe Scarlatti based on the MGG at Operone
- Opera works with performance dates by Giuseppe Scarlatti in the DFG opera project
- Search for operas by Giuseppe Scarlatti (search term in the Autore field : “Scarlatti Giuseppe”) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to other information, Giuseppe Scarlatti was a son of Francesco Scarlatti (1666 - after 1741), a brother of Alessandro Scarlatti, cf. Franz Brendel , History of Music in Italy, Germany and France , Leipzig 1852 a. ö., p. 109.
- ↑ Ralph Kirkpatrick (ed.): Domenico Scarlatti, Complete keyboard works , New York 1972, vol. 2 p. 9.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scarlatti, Giuseppe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scarlatti, Josef (deS) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian-Austrian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1718 or June 18, 1723 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naples |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th August 1777 |
| Place of death | Vienna |