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(Ba-na-dat’-to Mär-chel’-lo) 1686–1739 Italian composer and satirist Marcello was a Venetian nobleman and younger brother of the composer Alessandro Marcello (1669–1750). Benedetto trained as a lawyer and held various public positions in Venice, including those of chamberlain and governor. He was not dependent upon music for a living and con­sequently styled himself dilettante. His compositions included concertos, sonatas, sinfonias ...

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• Turn of the Century

entirely into its world. Composed: 1894–95 Premiered: 1896, Turin Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, after Henry Murger’s novel Scènes de la vie de bohème Act I Marcello, a painter, and Rodolfo, a poet, are shivering in their Parisian garret and cannot work for the cold. Rodolfo’s play is burning on the stove when ...

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1697–1781, Italian Venetian mezzo-soprano Faustina Bordoni was brought up by the composers Alessandro (1669–1750) and Benedetto Marcello (1686–1739). She made her debut in Pollarolo’s Ariodante in 1716, and was based in her home city until 1725, singing in operas by her teacher Gasparini, as well as Albinoni and Lotti. Between 1726 and 1728, she performed in ...

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and widely imitated. Recommended Recording: Pièces de Viole, book 5, Wieland Kuijken, Robert Kohnen, Kaori Uemura (Accent) Introduction | Late Baroque | Classical Personalities | Benedetto Marcello | Late Baroque | Classical ...

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and cello. Italian composers flourished at home (notably Vivaldi and Tartini) and abroad (Locatelli in Amsterdam, Geminiani in London). Sonatas for keyboard alone were written by Domenico Scarlatti and Marcello among others. The Italian sonata was influential in France too, where Rameau wrote sonatas accompanied by a violin or flute. In Germany and Austria sonatas such as those by ...

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attempt to recreate the fabled pastoral paradise Arcadia, described in Greek mythology. Founder members included the librettist Silvio Stampiglia and Gian Vincenzo Gravina (the adoptive father of Metastasio). The Marcello brothers, Corelli and Scarlatti were also granted membership, and Zeno was the founder of an affiliated group in Venice. Handel’s patrons Cardinal Ottoboni, Cardinal Pamphili and Prince ...