(Zhan Mar-re Le-klâr) 1697–1764 French composer and violinist Born in Lyons, Leclair came from a family of musicians. He studied the violin in Italy under Giovanni Battista Somis (1686–1763). By the 1720s he was establishing a reputation as a violinist in Paris. In 1728 he made his debut at the Concert Spirituel, playing his own sonatas and concertos. In 1733 ...
1861–1936, Austro-American Schumann-Heink’s voice was renowned for its richness and wide range. Studies with Marietta von Leclair led to her concert debut in 1876 and her operatic debut in Dresden two years later, in Il trovatore. For many years she sang at Hamburg and Bayreuth, while also appearing at London’s Covent Garden in Wagnerian roles. Schumann-Heink made her ...
airs with obbligato instruments. Recommended Recording: Te Deum, Motets, soloists, Les Arts Florissants (cond) William Christie (Harmonia Mundi) Introduction | Late Baroque | Classical Personalities | Jean-Marie Leclair | Late Baroque | Classical ...
(Pe-a’-tro An-ton’-yo Lo-ka-tel’-le) 1695–1764 Italian composer and violinist Locatelli studied at Bergamo and Rome, where he played for Cardinal Ottoboni. After a short appointment as virtuoso da camera (court virtuoso) at the Mantuan court (1725–27), Locatelli travelled throughout Austria and Germany appearing as a virtuoso – on one occasion with Leclair. He settled in Amsterdam in 1729 where he taught, ...
writing. Later, composer-performers like Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643) on the harpsichord, Reincken and J. S. Bach on the organ, and Corelli, Geminiani, Vivaldi, Locatelli and Leclair on the violin, developed the virtuoso content of their music to previously unparalleled heights of sophistication. The chief vehicle for display in vocal music of the late-Baroque was the ...
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