Nicola Francesco Haym
Nicola Francesco Haym (also Haim) (born July 6, 1678 in Rome , † July 31, 1729 in London ) was an Italian cellist , composer , librettist , theater manager and author of literary works.
Life
Nicola Haym came from a German family of musicians: his father Sebastian Haim, an instrument maker from Füssen in Bavaria , emigrated to Italy in the middle of the 17th century, settled in Rome and married the Roman Barbara Turpini. The first son Giovanni Antonio Haym was born there, who later lived in Rome a. a. worked as a freelance cellist.
Nicola Haym is considered a student of his older brother Giovanni Antonio, as well as Arcangelo Corellis, and is documented as a cellist in the orchestra of Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni between 1694 and 1700 . Haym received his first compositions from Ottoboni, including two oratorios , a motet and possibly a serenata . His trio sonatas , composed between 1698 and 1699, were published in Amsterdam in 1703 and 1704. In 1701 he traveled to London with his friend Nicola Cosimi , both of whom were first in the service of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedforddes and James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos . Haym dedicated four solo sonatas with bass to the Duke, which were published in 1710. He then worked as a cellist at the Drury Lane Theater and the Queen's Theater , and as manager of his wife, singer Joanna Maria Baroness Linchenham.
From 1713 he wrote or edited numerous librettos on which Georg Friedrich Händel based his operas Flavio , Giulio Cesare , Ottone , Radamisto , Rodelinda , Siroe , Tamerlano , Teseo and Tolomeo .
From 1722 to 1728 he was secretary of the Royal Academy of Music after Paolo Antonio Rolli , and during this time he also worked as a librettist for Attilio Ariosti and Giovanni Battista Bononcini .
Shortly before his death, Haym was able to complete his six-volume General History of Musick , which has disappeared. In addition, the versatile Haym wrote a numismatic book on old English coins Del tesoro britannico parte prima , which was the first of its kind in England.
Works
Operas
- Camilla (after Giovanni Battista Bononcini : Il trionfo di Camilla , 1706, London)
- Pyrrhus and Demetrius (after Alessandro Scarlatti : Pirro e Demetrio , 1708, London)
- Etearco (after Giovanni Battista Bononcini : Etearco , 1711, London)
- Dorinda (after Carlo Francesco Pallarolo : La fede riconosciuta , 1712, London)
- Creso, re di Lidia (after Girolamo Polani : Creso tolto a le fiamme , 1714, London)
- Lucio Vero, imperatore di Roma (after Tomaso Albinoni : Lucio Vero , 1715, London)
Other vocal works
- Il reciproc'amore di Tirsi e Clori (serenata per soprano, contralto, archi e basso continuo)
- Alma non ho di pietra (cantata)
- Aprimi il petto amore (cantata per contralto e basso continuo)
- Belle spiaggie latine (cantata per una voce e basso continuo)
- E 'qual invido velo (cantata per soprano, 2 flauti e basso continuo)
- Lontan dall'idol mio (cantata per soprano, 2 violini e basso continuo)
- Mentre in tacito orrore (cantata per una voce e basso continuo)
- Se sto lungi (cantata)
- Se tiranno il bendato bambin (cantata per soprano e basso continuo)
- Ode of Discord (cantata per basso, 2 violini e basso continuo)
Sacred works
- David sponsae restitutus (oratorio, libretto di Fabio Posterla, Rome, 1699)
- I due luminari del Tebro (oratorio, libretto di A. Spagna, Rome, 1700)
- Servizio per la settimana santa (1700)
- Ad arma mortales (mottetto, 1700)
- 6 inni per canoni (1716)
- O Lord our governour per soprano, 2 violini, viola e basso continuo
- The earth is the Lord's per soprano, 2 violini, viola e basso continuo
- The Lord si the King per soprano oboe, violino solo, 2 violini e basso continuo
- O praise the lord in his holiness per soprano, oboe, flauto, violino solo, violoncello solo, 2 violini e basso continuo
- Have mercy upon me, O God per soprano e 2 bassi con flauto, 2 violini e basso continuo
- A sing unto the Lord a new song per soprano e basso con flauto, violino solo, violone solo, 2 violini e basso continuo
Instrumental works
- Op. 1: 12 Sonata à trè cioè due Violini, e Violóne ò Harpsichord (printed by Estienne Roger , Amsterdam 1703)
- Op. 2: 12 Sonate a trè, cioè violini, flauti, violoncello e basso continuo per il harpsichord (printed by Estienne Roger, Amsterdam 1704)
- 4 Sonata from 6 Sonata da Camera a Flauto Traversa, Haubois o Violino solo di Nicola Francesco Haim Romano e M. Bitti (printed by Estienne Roger, Amsterdam approx. 1710)
- 2 sonata for violoncello and basso continuo (ca.1700)
Libretti
All for operas by Georg Friedrich Handel .
- Teseo
- Radamisto
- Ottone
- Flavio, re de 'Longobardi
- Giulio Cesare in Egitto
- Tamerlano (based on a libretto by Agostino Piovene )
- Rodelinda, regina de 'Longobardi (based on an available libretto by Antonio Salvi )
- Siroe
- Tolomeo
swell
- Antonio Rostagno: Haym, Nicola Francesco. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 61: Guglielmo Gonzaga-Jacobini. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2003.
Web links
- Literature by and about Nicola Francesco Haym in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Nicola Francesco Haym in the German Digital Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Nicola Francesco Haym in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Lowell E. Lindgren (ed.): Nicola Francesco Haym: Complete Sonatas. AR Editions, Middleton 2002, ISBN 978-0-8957-9503-8 , pp. Vii ff.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haym, Nicola Francesco |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haim, Nicola Francesco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cellist, composer and librettist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1678 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 31, 1729 |
| Place of death | London |