Niccolò Mestrino

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Niccolò Mestrino

Niccolò Mestrino (* 1748 in Milan , † late July 1789 in Paris ) was an Italian violinist and composer .

Live and act

In his native Italy, Niccolò Mestrino was friends with the double bass player Domenico Dragonetti , with whom he studied and made music intensively for a while, otherwise nothing is known about his training. From November 1, 1780, Niccolò Mestrino worked for five years under Joseph Haydn in the chapel of Prince Esterhazy in Eisenstadt . There he was one of the better paid musicians with an annual income of 480 guilders, along with the usual advantages. He then worked for a few months in the chapel of Count Ladislaus Erdödy in Bratislava .

In August 1786 he applied in vain for the position of Kapellmeister of the Brussels court orchestra, succeeding the late Henri-Jacques de Croes . At Christmas time of the same year he made his debut at the Concert Spirituel in Paris, where Antonio Lolli was one of his competitors. On January 6th, 1787, the Mercure de France announced Les connaisseurs trouvent sa manière neuve, pleine d'expression et de sensbilité ... (The connoisseurs appreciated his new style full of expression and sensitivity ...). Giovanni Battista Viotti , director of the newly opened Italian opera at the “Théâtre Monsieur”, gave Mestrino the direction of the orchestra in 1789, which he was only able to exercise for a few months. His compatriot Giuseppe Puppo (1749-1827) followed him as orchestra leader .

Works (selection)

  • Capriccio arpeggio for 2 violins
  • Caprices ou édutes for violin (dédiés aux amateurs) (Vienna)
  • Duets for 2 violins op.2, 3 and 7
  • 12 Grands Solos or études pour Violon
  • Sonatas for violin and bc op.5
  • 12 violin concerts

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ François Joseph Fétis: Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie génèrale de la musique (1864) (in French)
  2. ↑ MGG , 2nd edition, vol. 11, columns 82 and 83
personal data
SURNAME Mestrino, Niccolò
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mestrino, Nicola; Mestrino, Nicolò
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian violinist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1748
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan
DATE OF DEATH July 1789
Place of death Paris