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Venturi Music Collection
The Venturi Music Collection (in Italian, ''Fondo musicale Venturi'', or ''Fondo Venturi'') is a collection of musical documents housed at the Public Library in Montecatini Terme, Italy.Official Site of the Public Library of Montecatini It conserves many handwritten copies by composers who were active in the second half of the 1700s; for example, there are autographs, which are one of a kind, of composers from the Pistoia and Florence area. (Italian site) History [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montecatini Terme
Montecatini Terme is an Italian municipality (''comune'') of c. 20,000 inhabitants in the province of Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy. It is the most important center in Valdinievole. The town is located at the eastern end of Piana di Lucca and has a strong tourism industry, as well as industrial and commercial industries related to the spa, which in turn has increased the interest for hotel accommodation in the region. In 2021, the town became part of the transnational " Great Spa Towns of Europe" UNESCO World Heritage Site, because of its famous mineral springs and its architecture exemplifying the popularity of spa resorts in Europe during the 18th through 20th centuries. History The presence of humans in the area of Montecatini is very old. Probably from Paleolithic times the region was frequented by itinerant hunters, but only from the Mesolithic period is there evidence of numerous settlements, especially in the hills of the Valdievole. Records of the thermal spring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartolomeo Felici
Bartolomeo or Bartolommeo is a masculine Italian given name, the Italian equivalent of Bartholomew. Its diminutive form is Baccio. Notable people with the name include: * Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo (1824–1860), Italian paleobotanist and lichenologist * Bartolomeo Aimo (1889–1970), Italian professional bicycle road racer * Bartolomeo Altomonte, a.k.a. Bartholomäus Hohenberg (1694–1783), Austrian baroque painter * Bartolomeo Amico a.k.a. Bartholomeus Amicus (1562–1649), Jesuit priest, teacher and writer who spent his adult life in Naples * Bartolomeo Ammanati (1511–1592), Florentine architect and sculptor * Bartolomeo Avanzini (1608–1658), Italian architect of the Baroque period * Bartolomeo Bacilieri (1842–1923), Italian cardinal, Bishop of Verona 1900–1923 * Bartolommeo Bandinelli (1488–1560), Italian sculptor * Bartolomeo Barbarino (c. 1568–c. 1617 or later), Italian composer and singer of the early Baroque era * Bartolomeo Bassi (early 1600s-1640s), Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Libraries
A music library contains music-related materials for patron use. Collections may also include non-print materials, such as digitized music scores or Sound recording and reproduction, audio recordings. Use of such materials may be limited to specific patron groups, especially in private academic institutions. Music library print collections include dictionaries and encyclopedias, indexes and directories, Sheet music, printed music, music serials, bibliographies, and other music literature. Types Traditionally, there are four types of music libraries: #Those developed to support departments of music in university or college settings; #Those developed to support conservatories and schools of music; #Those housed within public libraries; #Those developed as independent libraries or archives supporting music organizations. Musical instrument library A musical instrument library lends or shares musical instruments. Examples can be found in Canada; Perth, Australia; and Massachusetts, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Age Of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment or the Enlightenment; german: Aufklärung, "Enlightenment"; it, L'Illuminismo, "Enlightenment"; pl, Oświecenie, "Enlightenment"; pt, Iluminismo, "Enlightenment"; es, La Ilustración, "Enlightenment" was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries with global influences and effects. The Enlightenment included a range of ideas centered on the value of human happiness, the pursuit of knowledge obtained by means of reason and the evidence of the senses, and ideals such as liberty, progress, toleration, fraternity, and constitutional government. The Enlightenment was preceded by the Scientific Revolution and the work of Francis Bacon, John Locke, and others. Some date the beginning of the Enlightenment to the publication of René Descartes' '' Discourse on the Method'' in 1637, featuring his famous dictum, '' Cogito, ergo sum'' ("I think, therefore I am"). Others cite the publication of Isaa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baroque Music
Baroque music ( or ) refers to the period or dominant style of Western classical music composed from about 1600 to 1750. The Baroque style followed the Renaissance period, and was followed in turn by the Classical period after a short transition, the galant style. The Baroque period is divided into three major phases: early, middle, and late. Overlapping in time, they are conventionally dated from 1580 to 1650, from 1630 to 1700, and from 1680 to 1750. Baroque music forms a major portion of the "classical music" canon, and is now widely studied, performed, and listened to. The term "baroque" comes from the Portuguese word ''barroco'', meaning " misshapen pearl". The works of George Frideric Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach are considered the pinnacle of the Baroque period. Other key composers of the Baroque era include Claudio Monteverdi, Domenico Scarlatti, Alessandro Scarlatti, Antonio Vivaldi, Henry Purcell, Georg Philipp Telemann, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Jean-Philippe Rame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Gasparini
Francesco Gasparini (19 March 1661 – 22 March 1727) was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher whose works were performed throughout Italy, and also on occasion in Germany and England. Biography Born in Camaiore, near Lucca, he studied in Rome with Corelli and Pasquini. His first important opera, ''Roderico'' (1694), was produced there. In 1702 he went to Venice and became one of the leading composers in the city. In 1720 he returned to Rome for his last important work, ''Tigrane'' (1724). He wrote the first opera using the story of Hamlet ('' Ambleto'', 1705) though this was not based on Shakespeare's play. Gasparini was also a teacher, the instructor of Marcello, Quantz and Domenico Scarlatti. He was musical director of the Ospedale della Pietà, where he employed Antonio Vivaldi as a violin master. He wrote a treatise on the harpsichord (1708). At one time, Metastasio was betrothed to his daughter. He died in Rome in 1727. Works Operas See List of operas by Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Maria Bononcini
Giovanni Maria Bononcini (bap. 23 September 1642 – 18 November 1678) was an Italian violinist and composer, the father of a musical dynasty. In 1671 Bononcini the elder became a court musician at Modena. His treatise, ''Musico prattico'', was published in 1673. The composers Giovanni Bononcini and Antonio Maria Bononcini Antonio Maria Bononcini (18 June 1677 – 8 July 1726) was an Italian cellist and composer, the younger brother of the better-known Giovanni Bononcini. Bononcini was born and died at Modena in Italy. Like his brother, he studied with Giovanni ... were his sons. Works * op. 1 ''Primi Frutti del Giardino Musicale à due violini e basso'' (Venice, 1666) * op. 2 ''Sonate da camera, e da ballo a 1, 2, 3, e 4'' (Venice, 1667) * op. 3 ''Varii fiori del giardino musicale, overo Sonate da camera … aggiunta d'alcuni canoni'', for 2 Violins, Viola and B. c. (Bologna, 1669) * op. 4 ''Arie, correnti, sarabande, gighe, & allemande'' for Violin and Cello or Spinet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles-Antoine Campion
Charles-Antoine Campion, italianized as Carlo Antonio Campioni (16 November 172012 April 1788) was a French-Italian composer who was born in Lorraine, France. He was a prolific composer and represented a link between Baroque compositional methods and those of the Classical style. Life Early years and employment in Livorno Campion was born in Lunéville (Meurthe-et-Moselle) in Lorraine to Jacques and Charlotte Bruget. Not much is known about his early musical education in Lorraine, but he may have been a student of Henri Desmarets.Ronald R. Kidd, Voce ''Campioni ampione Carlo Antonio ampion, Charles Antoine', in ''The New Grove of Music and Musicians. Second Edition'', edited by Stanley Sadie, executive editor John Tyrrell, vol. 4: ''Borowski to Canobbio'', London, Macmillan, 2001–2002, pp. 892–893. Given that his father was serving in the Lorraine court, his family was transferred to Florence, Italy at the same time as the rise to the throne of the Tuscan ''Granduca'' (Gran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti
Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti (born Christian Joseph Lidarti) (Vienna 23 February 1730 – Pisa(?) after 1793) was an Austrian composer, born in Vienna of Italian descent. Life Lidarti was a nephew of the Viennese Kapellmeister Giuseppe Bonno. While at University in Vienna, studying philosophy and law, he also began to learn to play the harp and harprsichord. In 1757 he studied with Niccolò Jommelli in Rome. Until 1784 he was a musician at chapel of the Cavalieri di S. Stefano in Pisa. His last known composition is dated 1793. In 1770, the English musician Charles Burney met Lidarti in Pisa during his travels in Italy. In 1774 Lidarti wrote an autobiography, ''Aneddoti musicali''. Most of Lidarti's compositions were for chamber ensembles; they also include a number of concertos. ''Ester'' Lidarti is noted for his oratorio ''Ester'' ( Hebrew: ''תשועת ישראל על ידי אסתר - The Salvation of Israel by the Hands of Esther'') composed in 1774 to a Hebrew libretto for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Felici
Alessandro Felici (21 November 1742 in Florence, Italy – 21 August 1772 in Florence, Italy) was an Italian composer and violinist, not to be confused with his contemporary, Roman composer Felice Alessandri. Life Alessandro Felici's father was Bartolomeo Felici, Kapellmeister of the Florentine church of San Marco. Bartolomeo taught his son how to play the organ and music composition, while contemporarily, Felici studied with violinist Giuseppe Castrucci.Cristina Ciccaglione Badii, ''Felici. Famiglia di musicisti attivi a Firenze nel sec. XVIII'', in ''Dizionario biografico degli italiani'', vol. 46, Roma, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 1996, available on-line a''Treccani.it''(Italian site). When he was 14 years old, he was already well known in Florence for his virtuosity on the harpsichord and organ.Mario Fabbri, ''La giovinezza di Luigi Cherubini nella vita musicale fiorentina del suo tempo'', in ''Luigi Cherubini nel II centenario della nascita. Contributo alla conosce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Francesco Giuliani
Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of Don Juan * Giovanni (Pokémon), boss of Team Rocket in the fictional world of Pokémon * Giovanni (World of Darkness), a group of vampires in ''Vampire: The Masquerade/World of Darkness'' roleplay and video game * "Giovanni", a song by Band-Maid from the 2021 album ''Unseen World'' * ''Giovanni's Island'', a 2014 Japanese anime drama film * ''Giovanni's Room'', a 1956 novel by James Baldwin * Via Giovanni, places in Rome See also * * *Geovani *Giovanni Battista *San Giovanni (other) *San Giovanni Battista (other) San Giovanni Battista is the Italian translation of Saint John the Baptist. It may also refer to: Italian churches * San Giovanni Battista, Highway A11, a church in Florence, Italy * San Giovanni Battista, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
