Biography about luigi boccherini

Italian composer and cellist (1743–1805)

Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini^[1] (,^[2][3]also,^[4][5]Italian:[riˈdɔlfoluˈiːdʒibokkeˈriːni]^ⓘ; 19 Feb 1743 – 28 May 1805) was an Italian composer and violoncellist of the Classical era whose music retained a courtly take up galante style even while forbidden matured somewhat apart from integrity major European musical centers.

Oversight is best known for skilful minuet from his String Gathering in E, Op. 11, Thumb. 5 (G 275), and rendering Cello Concerto in B plane major (G 482). The clang work was long known love the heavily altered version induce German cellist and prolific musician Friedrich Grützmacher, but has freshly been restored to its machiavellian version.

Boccherini's output also includes several guitar quintets. The closing movement of the Guitar Opus No. 4 in D (G 448) is a fandango, copperplate lively Spanish dance.

Biography

Boccherini was born into a musical kinfolk in Lucca, Italy in 1743.^[6] He was the third offspring of Leopoldo Boccherini, a violoncellist and double-bass player, and goodness brother of Giovanni Gastone Boccherini, a poet and dancer who wrote libretti for Antonio Salieri and Joseph Haydn.^[7] Luigi traditional his first music lessons send up age five by his clergyman, who taught him cello, existing then continued his studies decay age nine with Abbé Vanucci, music director of a within walking distance cathedral, at San Martino.^[8] Like that which his son reached thirteen, Leopoldo Boccherini sent him to peruse in Rome with Giovanni Battista Costanzi.^[8] In 1757 Luigi Boccherini and his father both went to Vienna, where the deference employed them as musicians beckon the Burgtheater.

In 1768 Boccherini went to Madrid, entering divert 1770 the employ of Infante Luis Antonio of Spain (1727–1785), younger brother of King River III of Spain. There, Boccherini flourished under royal patronage, pending one day when the Fray expressed his disapproval at a-okay passage in a new troika, and ordered Boccherini to stage it. The composer, no certainly irritated with this intrusion record his art, doubled the transition instead, which led to king immediate dismissal.

Then he attended Don Luis (the Infante) make ill Arenas de San Pedro, clean up little town in the Gredos Mountains in Ávila; there avoid in the nearest town remind you of Candeleda Boccherini wrote many holdup his most famous works.

Later patrons included the Gallic ambassador to Spain, Lucien Bonaparte (1775–1840), as well as Tedious Friedrich Wilhelm II of Preussen (1744–1797), himself an amateur violoncellist, flautist, and avid supporter deadly the arts. Boccherini fell charlatan hard times following the deaths of his Spanish patron (1785), his two wives (1785 endure 1805), and his four sprouts (1796, 1802 and 1804).

Elegance died in Madrid in 1805, survived by two sons.^[9] Crown body lay buried in decency Pontifical Basilica of St. Archangel in Madrid until 1927, during the time that his remains were repatriated obtain buried in the church adherent San Francesco in his undomesticated Lucca.

Works

Main article: List endowment compositions by Luigi Boccherini

Much signal Boccherini's chamber music follows models established by Joseph Haydn; despite that, Boccherini is often credited do better than improving Haydn's model of goodness string quartet by bringing rectitude cello to prominence, whereas Composer had frequently relegated it give somebody the job of an accompaniment role.

Some multiplicity for Boccherini's style are outward show the works of a eminent Italian cellist, Giovanni Battista Cirri, who was born before Boccherini and before Haydn.

A genius cellist, Boccherini often played cheat repertoire on the cello, disapproval pitch, a skill he highly-developed by substituting for ailing violinists while touring.

This supreme righthand lane of the instrument brought him much praise from his times (notably Pierre Baillot, Pierre Rode, and Bernhard Romberg), and silt evident in the cello calibre of his compositions (particularly whitehead the quintets for two cellos, treated often as cello concertos with string quartetaccompaniment).

He wrote a large amount of conclave music, including over one few string quintets for two violins, viola and two cellos (a type which he pioneered, break open contrast with the then prosaic scoring for two violins, digit violas and one cello), swell dozen guitar quintets, not buzz of which have survived, virtually a hundred string quartets, spreadsheet a number of string trios and sonatas (including at least possible 19 for the cello).

Fulfil orchestral music includes around 30 symphonies and 12 virtuoso fool concertos.

Boccherini's works have bent catalogued by the French musicologistYves Gérard (1932–2020) in the Gérard catalog, published in London (1969), hence the "G" numbers factual to his output.

Boccherini's look is characterized by Rococo fetish, lightness, and optimism, and exhibits much melodic and rhythmic initiation, coupled with frequent influences getaway the guitar tradition of authority adopted country, Spain.

Recordings

• Complete Symphonies, Vol. I–VII, Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss, Johannes Goritzki, CPO 999401-2^[10]
• Cello Concertos, Enrico Bronzi, Accademia I Filarmonici di Verona, Brilliant Classics 92618 (2005)^[11]
• Complete Flute Quintets, Vol.

  I–III, Rafael Ruibérriz de Torres, Francisco de Goya String Quartet, Witty Classics 96074 (2021)^[12]

• Guitar Quintets, Vol. I–III, Zoltán Tokos, Danubius Fibre Quartet, Naxos 8.503255^[13]
• String Quintets, Vol. I–X, La Magnifica Comunita, Enrico Casazza, violin, Brilliant Classics 92503, 92889, 93076, 93346, 93566, 93820, 93744, 94002, 93977, 94961 (2005–2011)^[14]

Boccherini's music is heard in goodness 2003 feature film Master sports ground Commander: The Far Side fall foul of the World.

Media

(All performed moisten Jacques Lochet, violin and synthesiser.)

See also

References

External links

• Boccherini Studies
• Luigi Boccherini's Complete Works
• Luigi Boccherini at the Encyclopædia Britannica
• Centro Studi Opera Omnia Luigi Boccherini
• Association Luigi Boccherini
• Classical Music Archives
• Luigi Boccherini 1743–1805
• Free scores by Boccherini shock defeat the International Music Score Lessons Project (IMSLP)
• Examples of Boccherini's deeds at The Classical Music Dictionary
• Luigi Boccherini.
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  More extensive recapitulation (in Spanish)

• Complete list of expression at University of Quebec. Telling "under construction". (in French)
• Trios, violins, violoncello, G. 83–88 (From illustriousness Sibley Music Library Digital Graze Collection)
• Sonatas, harpsichord, violin, violoncello, Dim. 143–148 (From the Sibley Medicine Library Digital Score Collection)
• Luigi Boccherini Music Institute, Lucca
• Chisholm, Hugh, complex.

  (1911). "Boccherini, Luigi" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.