Stefano Galeotti

Stefano Galeotti (* 1723 in Velletri or Livorno , † around 1790 in Italy ) was an Italian composer and cellist .

Life

According to François-Joseph Fétis , Velletri was Galeotti's birthplace, and according to Hugo Riemann , it was Livorno. The place of his training is also not known, it is only assumed that it could have been in Rome or Naples, since there were important cello schools in both cities at that time. According to Fétis, he could have lived in London towards the end of the 1760s, as several well-known Italian cellists such as Giacomo Cervetto , Salvatore Lanzetti and Giovanni Battista Cirri were staying there during this time .

His widely distributed works have appeared in Paris, Amsterdam and London, although there is no evidence that he ever visited these cities. The technical requirements of the cello part identify Galeotti as an accomplished cellist for his time. Several of his sonatas were included in teaching methods for cello playing, for example in John Gunn's (1765–1824) The Theory and Practice of Fingering the Violoncello (1789), in Jean-Baptiste Bréval's Traité de violoncelle (1804) and in the Paris Conservatory's method (1804). His compositions correspond to the gallant style of the early second half of the 18th century.

There were numerous mix-ups with the contemporary Salvatore Galeotti , since in most of the prints only S. Galeotti is given.

Works

• 6 trio sonatas op. 1 for 2 cellos and bass (Paris, 1760)
• 6 trio sonatas op.2 for 2 violins and bass (Amsterdam, 1763)
• 6 trio sonatas op.3 (Amsterdam, 1768)
• 6 trio sonatas op.2 for 2 violins and bass (Paris, 1770)
• Twenty Italy Minuets for Two Violins and a Bass (London, 1768)
• several sonatas for cello and bass preserved in collections

Web links

• Sheet music and audio files by Stefano Galeotti in the International Music Score Library Project

Individual evidence

1. ^ Maria Volpe: Entry in the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 51 (1998)