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Giuseppe Torelli was an Italian violinist, teacher and composer of the middle Baroque era.
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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Giuseppe Torelli, classical music composer

Giuseppe Torelli

Biography

Giuseppe Torelli (22 April 1658 – 8 February 1709) was an Italian violist, violinist, teacher, and composer.

Torelli is most remembered for his contributions to the development of the instrumental concerto (Newman 1972, p. 142), especially concerti grossi and the solo concerto, for strings and continuo, as well as being the most prolific Baroque composer for trumpets (Tarr 1974).

Torelli was born in Verona. It is not known with whom he studied violin though it has been speculated that he was a pupil of Leonardo Brugnoli or Bartolomeo Laurenti, but it is certain that he studied composition with Giacomo Antonio Perti (Schnoebelen and Vanscheeuwijk 2001). On 27 June 1684, at the age of 26, he became a member of the Accademia Filarmonica as suonatore di violino (Schnoebelen and Vanscheeuwijk 2001). By 1698 he was maestro di concerto at the court of Georg Friedrich II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, where he conducted the orchestra for Le pazzie d'amore e dell'interesse, an idea drammatica composed by th

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Giuseppe Torelli and the birth of the Violin Concerto

Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709), a violinist and composer famous all over Europe during his lifetime, has not received much attention in today's concert programs and academic environments. This research has a twofold intention: reconstruct the life of Torelli and investigate the origins of a genre of which he is considered to be the father, the soloistic concerto. As a case of study, an in-depth analysis is been drawn of one violin concerto, which has a debated authorship nowadays, poised between Torelli and Vivaldi. The results are presented in three chapters: the first one contains the biography; in the second one it is outlined how Torelli redefined the form of the pre-existing Concerto Grosso, thanks to the activity of his predecessors and to the peculiar context in which he was active. This process resulted in the arise of the concerto for solo instrument, which already presented all the characteristics that made this musical form so popular and successful amongst his contemporaries and the following generations. The t

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Giuseppe Torelli

(1658-1709)

Italian composer and violinist. He may have received his early musical training from Giuliano Massaroti in Verona. Between 1681 and 1684 Torelli moved to Bologna, where he became a member (suonatore di violino) of the Accademia filarmonica onJune 27, 1684; probably in 1692 he was elevated to the rank of compositore. He studied composition with G. A. Perti and played viola in the regular cappella musicale at S. Petronio from September 28, 1686 to January 1696. He may have gone to Ansbach and Berlin before becoming maestro di concerto to the Margrave of Brandenburg at Ansbacb in 1698. By December 1699 he was in Vienna, where he wrote an oratorio. In 1701 he joined the recently reestablished cappella at S. Petronio, where he remained until his death. Torelli's output as a composer consists primarily of chamber and orchestral works, the majority for strings. apart his published works, including concerti and sonatas, he also wrote a large number of unpublished sinfonias, concertos, and sonatas for trumpet(s) and strings.

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