Luigi Legnani

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Luigi Rinaldo Legnani (born November 7, 1790 in Ferrara , † August 5, 1877 in Ravenna ) was an Italian singer, guitar virtuoso , composer of works for the guitar and musical instrument maker .

Life

At the age of 17 Luigi Legnani sang opera roles in the old theater in Ravenna and gave concerts there in 1816 and later in Milan as a guitarist.

From 1819 Legnani worked as a guitarist in Vienna for a few years . Josef Zuth defines Legnani’s influence on Viennese guitarism in two ways: on the one hand, his virtuoso playing technique showed the "limits of what is attainable", on the other hand, Legnani has made the Viennese guitar makers, especially Johann Georg Stauffer and his son Johann Anton , essential with the guitar model he plays Given impulses.

In 1835 he met in Genoa on Paganini and performed with him in at least one joint concert on (a display of a concert in Corignano -Theater to Turin on June 9, 1837 has been preserved). Legnani gave concerts in Dresden and Munich in 1838, and in Madrid in 1842.

In 1850 he went back to Ravenna, where he worked as an innovative guitar and violin maker until his death.

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Legnani's works reach the opus number 250 and offer a rich spectrum of solo and chamber music works for guitar. The 36 Caprices (Op. 20) achieved particular fame, partly because of their sometimes very high demands on playing speed.

Other works (selection)

  • Variations on the popular duet “Nel cor piú non mi sento” (“All joys flee from me”), op 16
  • Duet for flute and guitar, op.23
  • Introduction, theme with variations and finale, op.64

Editions of works (selection)

  • Walter Götze (Ed.): Luigi Legnani, 6 easy caprices, op. 250. B. Schott'sm Sons, Mainz (= guitar archive. Volume 37).
  • Barna Kovàts (Ed.): Luigi Legnani, 25 easy guitar duos. By J. Chr. Fr. Bach, Beethoven, Couperin, Dandrieu, Krieger, die Lasso, L. Mozart, Pachelbel, Purcell, Rameau and others, Edition 5228. B. Schott's Sons, Mainz (= guitar archive. Volume 37).

literature

  • Sergio Monaldini, Chitarra romantica. Luigi (Rinaldo) Legnani e il virtuosismo strumentale nell'Ottocento, Ravenna, Longo, 2015.
  • Simon Wynberg: Introduction . In: Luigi Legnani: 36 Caprices Op. 20 in all major and minor keys . Heidelberg: Chanterelle, 1986
  • Daniela Rossato: Luigi Rinaldo Legnani , nova giulianiad 7/85, p. 154 ff. Online version

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Josef Zuth: Simon Molitor and the Viennese guitarist around 1800 . Vienna, 1920, text version available online ( memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.guitaronline.it
  2. ^ Graham Wade: A Concise History of the Classical Guitar. Mel Bay, Pacific 2001, p. 85.
  3. ^ Ruggero Chiesa (Ed.): Variazioni sul duetto "Nel cor piú non mi sento" op. 16.
  4. ^ Ruggero Chiesa (Ed.): Duetto concertante per flauto e chitarra op.23.
  5. ↑ Ruggero Chiesa (Ed.): Introduzione, tema variazioni e finale op.64
personal data
SURNAME Legnani, Luigi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Legnani, Luigi Rinaldo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian singer, guitarist, composer and instrument maker
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1790
PLACE OF BIRTH Ferrara
DATE OF DEATH August 5, 1877
Place of death Ravenna