Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli
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Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli (born Montepulciano
, Tuscany
, circa 1630 - died Madrid, circa 1669/1670) was an Italian composer and violinist.
Little is known of Pandolfi Mealli except that which is mentioned by the annals of the court of Charles Archduke Ferdinand of Habsburg in Innsbruck
as employed by the court in 1660. Baroque violinist Enrico Gatti
reports that Pandolfi Mealli murdered a colleague in Messina during an argument in a church, after which he fled first to France and then Spain, where he was employed in the Royal Chapel. Of his works, only two collections of sonatas for violin and harpsichord (Op. 3 and Op. 4) have survived, published in 1660; they are at the Civic Museum of Bologna.
Montepulciano
Montepulciano is a medieval and Renaissance hill town and comune in the province of Siena in southern Tuscany, in Italy. Montepulciano, with an elevation of 605 m, sits on a high limestone ridge. By car it is 13 km E of Pienza; 70 km SE of Siena, 124 km SE of Florence, and...
, Tuscany
Tuscany
Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....
, circa 1630 - died Madrid, circa 1669/1670) was an Italian composer and violinist.
Little is known of Pandolfi Mealli except that which is mentioned by the annals of the court of Charles Archduke Ferdinand of Habsburg in Innsbruck
Innsbruck
- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
as employed by the court in 1660. Baroque violinist Enrico Gatti
Enrico Gatti
Enrico Gatti is a baroque violinist.Gatti graduated from the Geneva Conservatory as a puplil of Chiara Banchini and the Dutch Royal Conservatory in The Hague with Sigiswald Kuijken. He has been a professor of Baroque violin at several conservatories...
reports that Pandolfi Mealli murdered a colleague in Messina during an argument in a church, after which he fled first to France and then Spain, where he was employed in the Royal Chapel. Of his works, only two collections of sonatas for violin and harpsichord (Op. 3 and Op. 4) have survived, published in 1660; they are at the Civic Museum of Bologna.