Ludovico Roncalli

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Ludovico Roncalli

Ludovico Antonio Roncalli , also Ludovico Conte del Roncalli (born March 6, 1654 in Bergamo , † August 25, 1713 ) was an Italian nobleman and composer .

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Ludovico Roncalli came from a noble family based in Bergamo. Certainly he came into contact with the guitarist Giovanni Battista Granata (around 1620–1687) who worked there in his hometown . Roncalli published in Bergamo in 1692 a collection of suites for 5-course baroque guitar, Capricci Armonici per la Chitarra spagnuola ("Harmonious Caprices for Spanish Guitar"). Numerous pieces are close to the French style, as can be found, for example, with Robert de Visée .

The works were transcribed in 1881 by Oscar Chilesotti (1848–1916) for modern 6-string guitar. The work consists of nine complete suites. It is often found in guitar schools. Bruno Henze transcribed the work in 1955 at VEB Friedrich Hofmeister Leipzig. The original was published as a facsimile by Paolo Paolini in Florence in 1982 .

A Passacaglia in G minor was borrowed from Ottorino Respighi for his Antiche danze ed arie .

Work editions

  • Capricci Armonici sopra la Chitarra spagnola consagrati All 'Eminentissimo Principe il signor Cardinale Panfilio, Gran Priore Gerosolimitano in Roma e Legato meritissimo di Bologna dal Conte Lodovico Roncalli. Opera Prima In Bergamo 1698 Sebastian Casetti Intagl. Trascrizione nella moderna notazione. Edited by Oscar Chilesotti. Forni Editore Bologna. ( Digitized version ).
    • Photomechanical reprint: Bibliotheca Musica Bononiensis. Collana diretta da Giuseppe Vecchi dell'Università degli Studi di Bologna. Sezione IV N. 184.Bologne 1969.
  • Adalbert Quadt : Guitar music from the 16th to 18th centuries Century. According to tablature ed. by Adalbert Quadt. Volume 1-4. Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1970 ff .; 2nd edition ibid 1975–1984, Volume 4, pp. 1–18 (Five suites from Capricci armonici […] ).

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SURNAME Roncalli, Ludovico
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roncalli, Ludovico Antonio (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian nobleman and composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1654
PLACE OF BIRTH Bergamo
DATE OF DEATH August 25, 1713