- Pietro Locatelli
Pietro Antonio Locatelli (
September 3 ,1695 -March 30 ,1764 ) was an Italiancomposer andviolin ist.Biography
Locatelli was born on
September 3 ,1695 inBergamo in Italy. A child prodigy on the violin, he was sent to study inRome under the direction ofArcangelo Corelli . Little is known of his subsequent activities except that he finally settled inAmsterdam in 1729, where he died onMarch 30 ,1764 .Locatelli was a master at the violin, said to have never played a wrong note -- except once, when his little finger slipped and got stuck in the bridge of his instrument. Fact|date=November 2007
Works
Locatelli's works are mainly for the violin, an instrument on which he was a
virtuoso . His most significant publication is probably the "Arte del violino", opus 3, a collection of twelveconcerto s for the instrument which incorporate twenty four technically demanding "capriccios" (or "caprices") - these could function as extendedcadenza s, but are now usually extracted and played in isolation from the concertos.Locatelli also wrote
violin sonata s, acello sonata ,trio sonata s,concerti grossi and a set offlute sonatas (his opus 2). His early works show the influence ofArcangelo Corelli , while later pieces are closer toAntonio Vivaldi in style.Locatelli may be best known to the modern public for a piece that does not actually exist. "
Master and Commander ", the first novel inPatrick O'Brian 'sAubrey–Maturin series , begins with the famous line: 'The music-room in the governor's house at Port Mahon, a tall, handsome, pillared octagon, was filled with the triumphant first movement of Locatelli's C major quartet.' In fact, Locatelli is not known to have written anyquartet s."L'Arte del Violino", printed in Amsterdam in 1733, was one of the most influential musical publications of the early eighteenth century. [Albert Dunning. 1994. Liner notes of the CD "L'Arte del Violino", Hyperion CDA66721/3] It is a collection of twelve concertos for solo violin, strings and basso continuo, with a 'capriccio' for unaccompanied violin inserted into the first and last movements of each concerto as a sort of cadenza.
List of published works
* Op. 1 (1721) - 12 concerti grossi (in F, C minor, B flat, E minor, D, C minor, F, F minor, D, C, C minor, G minor)
* Op. 2 (1732) - 12 flute sonatas (in G, D, B flat, G, D, G minor, A, F, E, G, D, G)
* Op. 3 (1733) - "L' arte del violino" 12 violin concertos (in D, C minor, F, E, C, G minor, B flat, E minor, G, F minor, A, D "Il laberinto armonico")
* Op. 4 (1735) - 6 "Introduttione teatrale" (in D, F, B flat, G, D, C) and 6 concerti grossi (in D, F, G, E, C minor, F)
* Op. 5 (1736) - 6 trio sonatas (in G, E minor, E, C, D minor, G "Bizarria")
* Op. 6 (1737) - 12 violin sonatas (in F minor, F, E, A, G minor, D, C minor, C, B minor, A minor, E flat, D minor)
* Op. 7 (1741) - 6 concerti a quatro (in D, B flat, G, F, G minor, E flat)
* Op. 8 (1744) - 10 trio sonatas (in F, D, G minor, C, G, E flat, A, D, F minor, A)Media
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