Giuseppe Valentini
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Giuseppe Valentini nicknamed Straccioncino (‘Little Ragamuffin’), was an Italian
violin
ist, painter
, poet
, and composer
, though he is known chiefly as a composer of inventive instrumental music
. He studied under Giovanni Battista Bononcini
in Rome between 1692 and 1697. From 1710-1727 he served as ‘Suonator di Violino, e Componitore di Musica’ to Prince Michelangelo Caetani. He also succeeded Corelli
as director of the concertino at S Luigi dei Francesi, from 1710–41. Though during his lifetime overshadowed by the likes of Corelli, Vivaldi
, and Locatelli
, his contribution to Italian baroque
music is noteworthy, and many of his works were published throughout Europe
.
Italy
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violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist, painter
Painting
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, poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, though he is known chiefly as a composer of inventive instrumental music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
. He studied under Giovanni Battista Bononcini
Giovanni Battista Bononcini
Giovanni Battista Bononcini was an Italian Baroque composer and cellist, one of a family of string players and composers. His father, Giovanni Maria Bononcini , was a violinist and a composer.-Biography:...
in Rome between 1692 and 1697. From 1710-1727 he served as ‘Suonator di Violino, e Componitore di Musica’ to Prince Michelangelo Caetani. He also succeeded Corelli
Arcangelo Corelli
Arcangelo Corelli was an Italian violinist and composer of Baroque music.-Biography:Corelli was born at Fusignano, in the current-day province of Ravenna, although at the time it was in the province of Ferrara. Little is known about his early life...
as director of the concertino at S Luigi dei Francesi, from 1710–41. Though during his lifetime overshadowed by the likes of Corelli, Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe...
, and Locatelli
Pietro Locatelli
Pietro Antonio Locatelli was an Italian composer and violinist.-Biography:Locatelli was born in Bergamo, Italy. A child prodigy on the violin, he was sent to study in Rome under the direction of Arcangelo Corelli...
, his contribution to Italian baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
music is noteworthy, and many of his works were published throughout Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
.
Instrumental Music
- op.1: 12 Sinfonie (with Sinfonia a tre per il santissimo Natale Nr. 12) (1701)
- op.2: 7 Bizzaria per camera for 2 Violins, Viola and Basso continuo (1703)
- op.3: 12 Fantasie musicali for 2 Violins and Bass (1706)
- op.4: 7 Idee per camera for Violin and Basso continuo (1706)
- op.5: 12 Sonate a treTrio sonataThe trio sonata is a musical form that was popular in the 17th and early 18th centuries.A trio sonata is written for two solo melodic instruments and basso continuo, making three parts in all, hence the name trio sonata...
(Villeggiature armoniche) (1707) - op.6: - unpublished
- op.7: 7 Concerto a Quattro Violini (Concerti grossi)Concerto grossoThe concerto grosso is a form of baroque music in which the musical material is passed between a small group of soloists and full orchestra...
(1710) - op.8: 12 Allettamenti per camera (1714)
- op.9-14: - unpublished (promised in the preface to op.8)
- op.??: 7 Concerti for 2 Violins, 2 Horns (Trombe da Caccia) and Basso Continuo (MS in Danish Royal Library)
Oratorios
- Cantata per la natività della Beatissima Vergine (Son l'origine di tutti) (1723 Rome)
- Cantata in lode di Benedetto XIII (Amica e cara fede) (1724 Rome)
Sources
- Opera at Stanford University
- Grove Music Online