- Antonio Lolli
Antonio Lolli (ca. 1725 –
August 10 ,1802 ) was an ItalianViolinist andComposer .Life
Lolli, who was born ca. 1725 in
Bergamo ,Italy , was one of the foremost Italian violinists of the 18th century. Between 1758 and 1774 he was solo violinist at theStuttgart court orchestra, a position that enabled him to undertake extensive concert tours toVienna ,Paris , Germany, the Netherlands and Italy. TsarinaCatherine II of Russia invited him to a position inSt. Petersburg . During that time, Lolli travelled toWarsaw and toured Germany and Scandinavia. In 1794, he became primary conductor inNaples .Lolli died in
Palermo , Sicily, Italy in 1802.Works
Lolli published eight
Violin concerto s, of which the concerto no. 7 in C major was the most successful. Other works include six sonatas (duets) Op.9 for two violins (1785), three collections of six sonatas each for violin and bass (1760, 1769, 1767), and 36 Capriccios for solo violin, as well as the diadctical "L'école du violon en quatuor" (1784).His son, "
Filippo Lolli " (b. 1773 inStuttgart , d. unknown) earned renown as aCellist .External links
* [http://portrait.kaar.at/Musikgeschichte%2018.Jhd%20Teil%202/image29.html Portrait of Lolli]
* [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0027-4631(197007)56%3A3%3C463%3AALLTPM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-8 Antonio Lolli's Letters] to Padre MartiniPersondata
NAME=Lolli, Antonio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Italianviolinist
DATE OF BIRTH=ca. 1730
PLACE OF BIRTH=Bergamo ,Italy
DATE OF DEATH=August 10 ,1802
PLACE OF DEATH=Palermo ,Italy
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