Joseph Mazzinghi

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Joseph Mazzinghi (born December 25, 1765 in London , † January 15, 1844 near Bath ) was an English classical composer .

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Joseph Mazzinghi was the eldest son of Tommaso Mazzinghi, who came from Corsica and worked in London as a wine merchant, violinist, composer and conductor of the orchestra of Marylebone Gardens . Joseph Mazzinghi received his first music lessons from various family members before taking lessons from Johann Christian Bach . In 1775, when he was only 10 years old, he became titular organist at the Portuguese Chapel in London. He received further music lessons from Pasquale Anfossi and Antonio Sacchini . In 1779 Mazzinghi got a job as a copyist and music assistant at the King's Theater . There he became a harpsichordist in 1784 and house composer from 1786 to 1789. In 1787 he was accepted into the "Royal Society of Musicians". From 1790 to 1792 he worked for the Pantheon Opera House. In these functions Mazzinghi composed several operas , ballet music and put together pasticcios .

In the period from 1792 to 1798 he composed several operas for the Theater Royal, Covent Garden . He was a sought-after piano teacher for the members of the upper class, organizer of the "Concerts of the Nobility" and he received the supervision of the concerts at London's Carlton House and the Royal Pavilion in Brighton . Mazzinghi was a partner in the publishing house Goulding, D'Amaine & Co, which published his works from 1792. He was the first English composer to publish his works with consecutive opus numbers.

According to François-Joseph Fétis , he was raised to the nobility by King George IV before retiring to his retirement home in Bath . Mazzinghi died on January 15, 1844 while visiting his son, who was studying at Downside College. He was buried in the Chelsea Catholic Chapel on January 25th .

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  1. ↑ Gabriella Dideriksen : Mazzinghi Joseph . In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . New edition. Personal section, Volume 11. Bärenreiter, Kassel 2004, Sp. 1425–1426
  2. ^ Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800, Volume 10, pp. 159-161 (1984)
  3. ^ François-Joseph Fétis: Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie génèrale de la musique (1864) vol. 6, p. 48
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SURNAME Mazzinghi, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English composer of operas and chamber music
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1765
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1844
Place of death Downside College at Bath