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Giuseppe Torelli
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Giuseppe Torelli was a male composer, violinist, violist, and music teacher born in Verona and died in Bologna. A citizen of the Republic of Venice, he wrote in Italian and was associated with the Baroque music movement. He studied under Giacomo Antonio Perti and taught students including Francesco Manfredini and Johann Georg Pisendel.
His works are described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. He is linked to the genre of sardana and is tagged with baroque, Classical, Italian, composer, and trumpet categories. He composed nine works.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Italy
- Active from
- 1658
- Active to
- 1709
Discography
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Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709) was an Italian violist and violinist, pedagogue, and composer, who ranks with Arcangelo Corelli among the developers of the Baroque concerto and concerto grosso. Torelli was born on 22nd April 1658 in Verona. It is not known with whom he studied violin, though it has been speculated that he was a pupil of Giacomo Antonio Perti in Bologna. On 27th June 1684, at the age of twenty-six, he became a member of the Accademia Filarmonica as suonatore di violino. <a href="h
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Giuseppe
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Venice
- Place of birth
- Verona
- Place of death
- Bologna
- Occupation
- violinist
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Genre
- sardana
- Movement
- Baroque music
- Instrument
- violin
- Image
- Giuseppe Torelli.png
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- Giuseppe Torelli
- date of birth
- 1685-00-00
- date of death
- 1708-00-00
- name in native language
- Giuseppe Torelli
- student
- Johann Georg Pisendel
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Works in European collections
9 objects attributed to Giuseppe Torelli, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Arie e Ariette a Sopr. o Contr. o Tenore o Basso, con bc e str.ti
Sinfonie A' 2.3.e 4. Istromenti Consecrate All'Altezza Serenissima di Ferdinando III. Gran POrencipe di Toscana Da Giuseppe Torelli Veronese Musico Sonatore nella Perinsigne Collegiata di S. Petronio di Bologna, & Accademico Filarmonico. Opera Terza
Balli and Sonate from Camera with 2 violins, violone and Cembalo and libitum. Op. 2
Twelve Sonatas with 2, 3 or 4 instruments with organ. Opera 3
Lettere di Torelli, Giuseppe a Lodovico Antonio Muratori (1743 - 1745)
Singed in music by various authors: I. by Giuseppe Torelli II. by Domenico Michdi II. by Giova Paolo Colonna I by Bartolomeo Monari I. by Domenico Gabrielli with eight parchment drawings by Carlo Buffagnotti Bolognese
Balli diversi a violino e basso. Opera 4. Parti
Concerto da camera a due violini e basso, dedicato al molt'illustre sig. padron colendissimo il signor Gioseffo Zannini, da Gioseffo Torelli veronese, accademico filarmonico. Opera 2. Parti
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Encyclopedic overview
Giuseppe Torelli.
Giuseppe Torelli (22 April 1658 Verona – 8 February 1709) was an Italian violinist, teacher and composer of the middle Baroque era.
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