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Antonio Lolli (c. 1725 – 10 August 1802) was an Italian
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presented by Catherine II to the composer still exists. Finding the Russian climate too harsh, Lolli left St. Petersburg and spent a number of years touring much of Europe, including Germany, Poland, Scandinavia, and France. In 1794, he became maestro di capella at the royal court in
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to Padre Martini * 1720s births 1802 deaths Composers for violin Italian classical violinists 18th-century Italian composers Italian male composers Musicians from Bergamo Male classical violinists Year of birth uncertain {{Italy-composer-stub
Antonio Lolli (c. 1725 – 10 August 1802) was an Italian violin
The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...
ist and composer.
Life
Lolli, who was born about 1725 in Bergamo,Italy
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, was one of the foremost Italian violinists of the 18th century. Between 1758 and 1774 he was solo violinist at the Stuttgart court orchestra, a position that enabled him to undertake extensive concert tours through Germany and to Vienna
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, Paris
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, the Netherlands and Italy. Tsarina Catherine II of Russia invited him to a position in St. Petersburg
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, where he remained from 1774 to 1783. violin bow
presented by Catherine II to the composer still exists. Finding the Russian climate too harsh, Lolli left St. Petersburg and spent a number of years touring much of Europe, including Germany, Poland, Scandinavia, and France. In 1794, he became maestro di capella at the royal court in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
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Lolli died in Palermo, Sicily in 1802.
His son, Filippo Lolli (born 1773 in Stuttgart, died unknown) earned renown as a cellist.
Works
Lolli published eightviolin concerto
A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble (customarily orchestra). Such works have been written since the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up thro ...
s, of which the concerto No.7 in G major
G major (or the key of G) is a major scale based on G, with the pitches G, A, B, C, D, E, and F. Its key signature has one sharp. Its relative minor is E minor and its parallel minor is G minor.
The G major scale is:
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was the most successful. Other works include six sonatas ( duets) Op.9 for two violin
The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...
s (1785), three collections of six sonatas each for violin and bass (1760, 1767, 1769), and 36 capriccios for solo violin, as well as the didactic '' L'école du violon en quatuor'' (1784).
External links
Portrait of Lolli
to Padre Martini * 1720s births 1802 deaths Composers for violin Italian classical violinists 18th-century Italian composers Italian male composers Musicians from Bergamo Male classical violinists Year of birth uncertain {{Italy-composer-stub