Music year 1711

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Music year 1711
Estro Armonico
Antonio Vivaldi became a European celebrity with the concert collection L'estro armonico op. 3.

Events

Johann Sebastian Bach

georg Friedrich Handel

  • Georg Friedrich Handel , who since June 1710 as Kapellmeister at the court of Hanover the Elector Georg Ludwig is busy, 1711 spends the entire year in London and irritates be made to the court of Hanover agreed vacation maximum.
  • February 24th : Handel's first version of the opera Rinaldo is premiered with extraordinary success at the Queen's Theater in London . The libretto is by Giacomo Rossi, based on Aaron Hill and La Gerusalemme Liberata by Torquato Tasso . As successful as the music is, the stage effects used are controversial, of which there are many and which critics condemn as childish and absurd. During a parable aria in which the birds are the object of comparison, sparrows are allowed to fly onto the stage. The well-known saraband aria Lascia ch'io pianga comes from the opera, with a theme that Handel used in Almira and Il Trionfo .

Alessandro Scarlatti

  • Alessandro Scarlatti , who works as Kapellmeister of the Cappella Reale in Naples, deals with the instrumental music that he had neglected until then . In 1715 he will be able to publish the 12 symphony di concerto grosso .

Domenico Scarlatti

  • Domenico Scarlatti has worked in Rome since 1709 with the exiled Polish Queen Maria Casimira Sobieska , who lives in Palazzo Zuccari , for whose private stage he has composed six operas, as well as at least one cantata and one oratorio over the years .
  • From 1711 to 1714 Scarlatti worked with the librettist Carlo Sigismondo Capece and the set designer Filippo Juvarra . The collaborative works include Tolomeo , Tetide in Sciro and Amor d'un Ombra .
  • January 19 : The opera Tolomeo et Alessandro, ov ero La Corona Disprezzata by Domenico Scarlatti based on the libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece is premiered in Rome.
  • The world premiere of the opera L'Orlando, overo la Gelosa Pazzia by Domenico Scarlatti on the libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece based on Ludovico Ariosto takes place in Rome.

Georg Philipp Telemann

Antonio Vivaldi

  • Francesco Gasparini - Tamerlano - Title page of the libretto - Venice 1711
    Antonio Vivaldi , who has been employed as maestro di violino since 1703 and also as maestro di viola all'inglese in the orchestra of the Ospedale della Pietà (one of four homes in Venice for orphan girls), interrupted his activity as an instrument teacher from February 1709 to September 1711. Then he is appointed musical director of the orchestra (maestro de 'concerti) . The orchestra soon acquired a reputation that was legendary for the time and attracted numerous travelers to Italy.
  • After two sonata collections printed in Venice (12 trio sonatas op. 1, printed in 1705, and 12 violin sonatas, op. 2, printed in 1709), Antonio Vivaldi is joined by the concert collection L'estro armonico (for example: "The harmonic inspiration") op. 3 , printed in 1711 a European celebrity.

Other biographical events

World premieres

Stage works

Opera

Instrumental music

Concerts

  • Antonio Vivaldi - L'Estro armonico op. 3, 12 violin concertos for 1–4 solo violins and orchestra (published in Amsterdam )
  • Francesco Manfredini - Concerto con una o due trombe

Chamber music

  • Tomaso Albinoni - Trattenimenti armonici per camera op. 6, Amsterdam (c. 1711)
  • Marin Marais - Pièces de Viole , 3rd book

Vocal music

Spiritually

Schnitger organ in the Martinikerk in Sneek

Instrument making

Born

Exact date of birth unknown

Died

See also

Portal: Music  - Overview of Wikipedia content on music

Web links

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