Jean-Baptiste Stuck

Jean-Baptiste Stuck also called batiste (* May 6, 1680 in Livorno ; † December 8, 1755 in Paris ), was an Italian-French cellist and composer with German roots.

Life

Cover of the 1st cantatas

Little is known about Stuck's early years. He came from a merchant family and was the son of Giovanni-Giacomo Stuck and Barbera Hellerbech. From 1702 he was in the service of Countess Lemos in Naples. Stuck wrote some arias for the performance of the opera L'inganno innocente by Tomaso Albinoni , which was performed on December 10, 1702 in Naples, under the new title Rodrigo in Algieri at the San Bartolomeo Theater.

Shortly afterwards, Stuck must have been in Paris, and one of his works was published in Ballard's 1705 collection, “ For the Year 1701 ”.

In Paris he was a member of the Chapelle Royale and a cellist in the service of the Duke of Orléans . In 1722 he introduced the cello to the opera orchestra, which gradually replaced the bass viol . In 1733 he received French citizenship .

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Stuck was one of the first composers who tried to combine “Italian musical tastes” with French text in his cantatas.

Cantatas

• 4 books of cantatas printed between 1706 and 1714. In 1729 his cantata “Union de la musique française et Italienne” was performed at the Concert Spirituel .

Operas

• Méléagre (Académie royale de musique Paris 1709)
• Manto la fée (Académie royale de musique Paris 1711)
• Il Gran Cid (Carnival 1715 Livorno)
• Polydore (Académie royale de musique Paris 1720)
• About 15 Opéras-Ballets performed in Versailles .