Pietro Paolo Laurenti

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Pietro Paolo Laurenti (born August 26, 1675 in Bologna , † March 25, 1719 ibid) was an Italian instrumentalist, singer and composer .

Life

Pietro Paolo Laurenti came from a family of musicians. He had his first violin lessons from his father Bartolomeo Laurenti (1644–1726). He took composition lessons from Giacomo Antonio Perti . In 1691 he was accepted as a violinist in the chapel of the Basilica of San Petronio . Around 1700 he is mentioned as an instrumental teacher for low string instruments (violetta, violoncello and violone) at the Collegio Nobile San Franceci Saverio, an important training center for musicians in Bologna. In 1703 he received the position of Kapellmeister there. In 1698 he was accepted as a cellist in the Accademia Filarmonica , later also as a composer. Several sacred works by Laurenti can be found in the Accademia archive . From 1711 to 1719 he appeared as a tenor in various opera houses in northern Italy. His younger brother was the composer Girolamo Nicolò Laurenti

Work (selection)

Several oratorios, academies, operas and only a few instrumental works are known by Laurenti.

Operas and academies

  • Attilio Regolo in Affrica (Tomaso Stanzani), dramma per musica (Bologna, 1701)
  • Esone ringiovenito (Tomaso Stanzani), trattenimento per musica (Bologna, 1706)
  • L'iride dopo la tempesta accademia teatrale (Bologna, 1709)
  • Li diporti d'amore in villa (Antonio Maria Monti), scherzo drammatico (Bologna, 1710)
  • Sabella mrosa d'Truvlin scherzo drammatico (Bologna, 1710)
  • Il teatro in festa accademia teatrale (Bologna, 1714)

Oratorios

  • La conversione alla santa fede del re di Bungo giapponese (1703, Faenza)
  • Sospiri del cuore umano (1703)
  • Santa Radegonda, reina di Francia (Faenza, 1703)
  • I pastori al presepio (1704)
  • La croce esaltata (1704)
  • L'eloquenza del mare (1705)
  • La fede consolata (1705)
  • Mosè infante liberato dal fiume (1707)
  • San Sebastiano (1710)
  • Li giuochi di Sansone (Forli, 1720)
  • Il bambino Gesù in braccio al San Felice di Cantalice

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The music in past and present , 2nd edition, Volume 10, Column 1335-1336
  2. ^ Carlo Vitali: Entry about the Laurenti family in the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 64 (2005)
personal data
SURNAME Laurenti, Pietro Paolo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian instrumentalist, singer and composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1675
PLACE OF BIRTH Bologna
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1719
Place of death Bologna