- Francesco Azopardi
Francesco Azopardi (or Azzopardi) (b.
May 5 ,1748 ,Notabile -d. Feb. 1809,Rabat ) was a Maltese composer and music theorist.Azopardi received his musical training in Malta and during his stay from 1763 to 1774 in
Naples . He worked at the Cathedral ofMdina , and from 1789 at the Cathedral of St. John inValletta . He is known especially through his work "Il Musico Prattico", which appeared in French translation byNicholas Etienne Framéry .Works
Secular music
*"Malta felice" (
cantata , 1775)
*"La magica lanterna" (opera buffa , 1791)Sacred vocal music
*"La passione di Cristo" (
oratorio ,libretto byPietro Metastasio , 1802)
*Various masses composed between 1768 and 1806
*Various sacred works composed between 1772 and 1796
*Songs, hymns and psalms composed between 1772 and 1807Instrumental music
*Overture for 2 oboes, 2 violins, 2 horns, bass, and organ (1782)
*Sinfonia for 2 oboes, 2 violins, 2 violas, horn and basso continuo (1797)
*Sinfonia for oboe obbligato, oboe, 2 violins, 2 horns and basso continuo (1799)Treatises
*"Il musico prattico"
*"Dissertazione sulla risoluzione della quinta falsa in 6/4 rivolto dell'armonia di 5/3"
*"Dissertazione sulla musica greca"Further reading
*Spiridion Vincent Buhagiar, "Francesco Azopardi (1748-1809): A Maltese Classical Composer, Theorist, and Teacher", Mediterranean Institute,
University of Malta , Msida, Malta, 1999, Dissertation
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