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Felice Giardini
Felice de Giardini (12 April 1716 – 8 June 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. Early life Felice Giardini was born in Turin. When it became clear that he was a child prodigy, his father sent him to Milan. There he studied singing, harpsichord and violin, but it was on the latter that he became a famous virtuoso. By the age of 12, he was already playing in theatre orchestras. In a famous incident about this time, Giardini, who was serving as assistant concertmaster (i.e., leader of the orchestra) during an opera, played a solo passage for violin which the composer Niccolò Jommelli had written. He decided to show off his skills and improvised several bravura variations that Jommelli had not written. Although the audience applauded loudly, Jommelli, who happened to be there, was not pleased and suddenly stood up and slapped the young man in the face. Giardini, years later, remarked: "It was the most instructive lesson I ever received from a great artist.Christopher Hogw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felice Giardini After Giovanni Battista Cipriani
Felice is a unisex given name. It is a common name in Italian language, Italian, where it is equivalent to Felix (name), Felix. Notable people with the name include: Arts and entertainment Acting *Felice Andreasi (1928–2005), Italian actor *Felice Farina (born 1954), Italian film director *Felice Jankell, Swedish actress *Felice Minotti (1887–1963), Italian actor *Felice Orlandi (1925–2003), Italian-American actor *Felice Schachter (born 1963), American actress Music *Felice Alessandri (1747–1798), Italian musician *Felice Anerio (c. 1560–1614), Italian composer *Felice Blangini (1781–1841), Italian composer *Felice Bryant (1925–2003), American songwriter *Felice Chiusano (1922–1990), Italian singer *Felice DeMatteo (1866–1929), Italian-American composer *Felice Giardini (1716–1796), Italian musician *Felice Lattuada (1882–1962), Italian composer *Felice Romani (1788–1865), Italian librettist, poet, and scholar *Felice Rosser, American actor and musician * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Come, Thou Almighty King
"Come Thou Almighty King" is a Christian hymn of unknown authorship, which is attributed to Charles Wesley by Victorian and Edwardian hymnologists, but whose authorship is predominantly stated as "anonymous" in modern hymnals. History and authorship The earliest known publication of this hymn is a leaflet that was bound into the 6th edition of George Whitefield's ''Collection of Hymns for Social Worship'', 1757. In this leaflet, the hymn had five verses of seven lines each, and was titled "An Hymn to the Trinity." The leaflet also contained the hymn "Jesus, Let Thy Pitying Eye" by Charles Wesley, and because of this hymnologist Daniel Sedgwick attributed "Come Thou Almighty King" to Wesley as well. However, there is no record of this hymn in any of Wesley's collections of hymns, nor is there any hymn known to be Wesley's that uses the same meter as this hymn does (6,6,4,6,6,6,4). Tune The text is metrically adapted to the then new British royal anthem and was initially s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Male Violinists
Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Italian, regional variants of the Italian language ** Languages of Italy, languages and dialects spoken in Italy ** Italian culture, cultural features of Italy ** Italian cuisine, traditional foods ** Folklore of Italy, the folklore and urban legends of Italy ** Mythology of Italy, traditional religion and beliefs Other uses * Italian dressing, a vinaigrette-type salad dressing or marination * Italian or Italian-A, alternative names for the Ping-Pong virus, an extinct computer virus * ''Italien'' (magazine), pro-Fascist magazine in Germany between 1927 and 1944 See also * * * Italia (other) * Italic (other) * Italo (other) * The Italian (other) * Italian people (other) Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1796 Deaths
Events January–March * January 16 – The first Dutch (and general) elections are held for the National Assembly of the Batavian Republic. (The next Dutch general elections are held in 1888.) * February 1 – The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark, Upper Canada, Newark to York, Upper Canada, York. * February 9 – The Qianlong Emperor of China abdicates at age 84 to make way for his son, the Jiaqing Emperor. * February 15 – French Revolutionary Wars: The Invasion of Ceylon (1795) ends when Johan van Angelbeek, the Batavian Republic, Batavian governor of Ceylon, surrenders Colombo peacefully to British forces. * February 16 – The Kingdom of Great Britain is granted control of Ceylon by the Dutch. * February 29 – Ratifications of the Jay Treaty between Great Britain and the United States are officially exchanged, bringing it into effect.''Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909'', ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wils ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1716 Births
Events January–March * January 16 – The application of the Nueva Planta decrees to Catalonia make it subject to the laws of the Crown of Castile, and abolishes the Principality of Catalonia as a political entity, concluding the Enlightenment in Spain, unification of Spain under Philip V of Spain, Philip V. * January 27 – The Tugaloo massacre changes the course of the Yamasee War, allying the Cherokee nation with the British province of South Carolina against the Muscogee, Creek Indian nation. * January 28 – The town of Crieff, Scotland, is burned to the ground by Jacobitism, Jacobites returning from the Battle of Sheriffmuir. * February 3 – The 1716 Algiers earthquake sequence began with an 7.0 mainshock that caused severe damage and killed 20,000 in Algeria. * February 10 – James Francis Edward Stuart, James Edward Stuart flees from Scotland to France with a handful of supporters, following the failure of the Jacobite rising of 171 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mutopia Project
The Mutopia Project is a volunteer-run effort to create a library of free content sheet music, in a way similar to Project Gutenberg's library of public domain books. It started in 2000. The music is reproduced from old scores that are in the public domain. New scores are digitally typeset with GNU LilyPond and distributed in the following formats: * PDF format in both letter and A4 paper sizes for printing, * MIDI for aural reproduction, and * LilyPond source code format. , there are 2124 pieces of music available, over a third of which are for piano. See also * List of online music databases * Public domain resources * Open music * International Music Score Library Project, a similar music cataloging project, that collects both typeset and scanned scores. * Werner Icking Music Archive *Choral Public Domain Library The Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL), also known as the ChoralWiki, is an online database for choral and vocal music. Its contents primarily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Fox-Lane, 1st Baron Bingley
George Fox-Lane, 1st Baron Bingley ( – 22 February 1773) was a British peer and Tory politician. Early life Born George Fox, he was the first son and heir of Henry Fox and his second wife, Frances Bourke, Viscountess Galway ( Hon. Frances Lane). His elder brother was Sackville Fox, father of James Fox-Lane, MP for Horsham. His mother was the widow of Ulick Bourke, 1st Viscount Galway (a son of William Burke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde), an Irish army officer who was killed at the Battle of Aughrim while fighting for the Jacobites during the Williamite War in Ireland. His maternal grandparents were George Lane, 1st Viscount Lanesborough and, his third wife, Lady Frances Sackville (a daughter of the 5th Earl of Dorset). His paternal grandparents were Maj. Joseph Fox of Graigue, County Tipperary and the Hon. Thomasine Blayney (a daughter of the 2nd Baron Blayney). Career From 1734 to 1741, he was Member of Parliament for Hindon and then for the City of York from 1742 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeds
Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. The city was a small manorial borough in the 13th century and a market town in the 16th century. It expanded by becoming a major production and trading centre (mainly with wool) in the 17th and 18th centuries. Leeds developed as a mill town during the Industrial Revolution alongside other surrounding villages and towns in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was also known for its flax industry, iron foundries, engineering and printing, as well as shopping, with several surviving Victorian era arcades, such as Kirkgate Market. City status was awarded in 1893, and a populous urban centre formed in the following century which absorbed surrounding villages and overtook t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bramham Park
Bramham Park is a Grade I listed 18th-century country house in Bramham, between Leeds and Wetherby, in West Yorkshire, England. The house, constructed of magnesian limestone ashlar with stone slate roofs in a classical style, is built to a linear plan with a main range linked by colonnades to flanking pavilions. The main block is of three storeys with a raised forecourt. The house is surrounded by a landscaped park ornamented by a series of follies and avenues laid out in the 18th-century landscape tradition, surrounded by of arable farmland. Bramham Park is used annually for the Leeds Festival. History The Baroque mansion was built in 1698 for Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley. It has remained in the ownership of Benson's descendants since its completion in 1710. He died with no male heirs and the barony was extinguished. The estate passed into the hands of his son-in-Law George Fox-Lane (), who was given the re-created title of Baron Bingley in 1763. His son and heir, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Allen (hymn Writer)
James, Jim, or Jimmy Allen may refer to: Academics * James Allen (educator) (1683–1746), English educationalist * James F. Allen (computer scientist) (born 1950), professor of computer science * James Peter Allen (born 1945), Egyptologist * James Van Allen (1914–2006), space scientist * James Vincent Allen (born 1959), Canadian philosopher * Jim Allen (archaeologist), Australian archaeologist Military * James Allen (Army engineer) (1806–1846), organizer of the Mormon Battalion, helped found Des Moines, Iowa, and helped design the Chicago harbor * James Allen (Medal of Honor) (1843–1913), Medal of Honor recipient during the American Civil War * James R. Allen (1925–1992), superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy Politics * James Allen (New Zealand politician) (1855–1942), cabinet minister * James Allen (Virginia politician) (1802–1854), member of the Virginia House of Delegates * James Allen (Alabama politician) (1912–1978), U.S. senator from Alabama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
