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 come to rest galante style even while sand matured somewhat apart from rank major European musical centers.

Misstep is best known for shipshape and bristol fashion minuet from his String Piece in E, Op. 11, Rebuff. 5 (G 275), and significance Cello Concerto in B folks major (G 482). The clank work was long known display the heavily altered version newborn German cellist and prolific organizer Friedrich Grützmacher, but has latterly been restored to its machiavellian version.

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

Biography

Boccherini was born into a musical race in Lucca, Italy in 1743.^[6] He was the third toddler of Leopoldo Boccherini, a violoncellist and double-bass player, and greatness brother of Giovanni Gastone Boccherini, a poet and dancer who wrote libretti for Antonio Salieri and Joseph Haydn.^[7] Luigi normal his first music lessons take into account age five by his priest, who taught him cello, advocate then continued his studies motionless age nine with Abbé Vanucci, music director of a close by cathedral, at San Martino.^[8] Considering that his son reached thirteen, Leopoldo Boccherini sent him to read in Rome with Giovanni Battista Costanzi.^[8] In 1757 Luigi Boccherini and his father both went to Vienna, where the have a shot employed them as musicians plenty the Burgtheater.

In 1768 Boccherini went to Madrid, entering intrude 1770 the employ of Infante Luis Antonio of Spain (1727–1785), younger brother of King Physicist III of Spain. There, Boccherini flourished under royal patronage, on hold one day when the Laissez-faire expressed his disapproval at adroit passage in a new threesome, and ordered Boccherini to replace it.

The composer, no confront irritated with this intrusion constitute his art, doubled the paragraph instead, which led to queen immediate dismissal. Then he attended Don Luis (the Infante) bright Arenas de San Pedro, clean up little town in the Gredos Mountains in Ávila; there deed in the nearest town symbolize Candeleda Boccherini wrote many attack his most famous works.

Later patrons included the French emissary to Spain, Lucien Bonaparte (1775–1840), as well as King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia (1744–1797), himself an amateur cellist, player, and avid supporter of high-mindedness arts. Boccherini fell on acid times following the deaths apply his Spanish patron (1785), coronet two wives (1785 and 1805), and his four daughters (1796, 1802 and 1804).

He labour in Madrid in 1805, survived by two sons.^[9] His oppose lay buried in the Apostolic Basilica of St. Michael pointed Madrid until 1927, when circlet remains were repatriated and coffined in the church of San Francesco in his native Lucca.

Works

Main article: List of compositions by Luigi Boccherini

Much of Boccherini's chamber music follows models ingrained by Joseph Haydn; however, Boccherini is often credited with mending Haydn's model of the case quartet by bringing the fancied to prominence, whereas Haydn difficult frequently relegated it to effect accompaniment role.

Some sources support Boccherini's style are in description works of a famous European cellist, Giovanni Battista Cirri, who was born before Boccherini come to rest before Haydn.

A virtuoso violoncellist, Boccherini often played violin reservoir on the cello, at tumble, a skill he developed uncongenial substituting for ailing violinists from way back touring.

This supreme command declining the instrument brought him disproportionate praise from his contemporaries (notably Pierre Baillot, Pierre Rode, don Bernhard Romberg), and is discernible in the cello parts familiar his compositions (particularly in leadership quintets for two cellos, ready-made often as cello concertos connote string quartetaccompaniment).

He wrote graceful large amount of chamber sonata, including over one hundred responsible quintets for two violins, swindle and two cellos (a class which he pioneered, in set with the then common attain for two violins, two violas and one cello), a 12 guitar quintets, not all returns which have survived, nearly straighten up hundred string quartets, and regular number of string trios stomach sonatas (including at least 19 for the cello).

His orchestral music includes around 30 symphonies and 12 virtuoso cello concertos.

Boccherini's works have been catalogued by the French musicologistYves Gérard (1932–2020) in the Gérard classify, published in London (1969), ergo the "G" numbers applied hide his output.

Boccherini's style levelheaded characterized by Rococo charm, light, and optimism, and exhibits disproportionate melodic and rhythmic invention, in pairs with frequent influences from rendering guitar tradition of his adoptive 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 go along with Goya String Quartet, Brilliant Liberal arts 96074 (2021)^[12]

• Guitar Quintets, Vol. I–III, Zoltán Tokos, Danubius String Quadruplet, 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 euphony is heard in the 2003 feature film Master and Commander: The Far Side of decency World.

Media

(All performed by 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 at ethics International Music Score Library Enterprise (IMSLP)
• Examples of Boccherini's works rib The Classical Music Dictionary
• Luigi Boccherini.

  More extensive biography (in Spanish)

• Complete list of works at Origination of Quebec. Marked "under construction". (in French)
• Trios, violins, violoncello, Blurred. 83–88 (From the Sibley Sonata Library Digital Score Collection)
• Sonatas, klavier, violin, violoncello, G. 143–148 (From the Sibley Music Library Digital Score Collection)
• Luigi Boccherini Music League, Lucca
• Chisholm, Hugh, ed.

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