Giovanni Paisiello (or Paesiello; 9 May 1740 – 5 June 1816) was an Italian

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of the

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, and was the most popular opera composer of the late 1700s. His operatic style influenced

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and

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Life

Paisiello was born in

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in the

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region and educated by the

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s there. He became known for his beautiful singing voice and in 1754 was sent to the Conservatorio di S. Onofrio at

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, where he studied under

Francesco Durante Francesco Durante (31 March 1684 – 30 September 1755) was an Italian composer of the Neapolitan School. Best known for his church music, he was also an important teacher, instructing Niccolò Jommelli, Giovanni Paisiello, Giovanni Battista P ...

, and eventually became assistant master. For the theatre of the Conservatorio, which he left in 1763, he wrote some intermezzi, one of which attracted so much notice that he was invited to write two operas, ''La Pupilla'' and ''Il Mondo al Rovescio'', for

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, and a third, ''Il Marchese di Tidipano'', for Rome. His reputation now firmly established, he settled for some years at Naples, where, despite the popularity of

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and

Pietro Guglielmi Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi (9 December 1728 – 19 November 1804) was an Italian opera composer of the classical period (music), classical period. Biography Guglielmi was born into the Guglielmi family of musicians in Massa, Tuscany, Massa. Hi ...

, of whose triumphs he was bitterly jealous, he produced a series of highly successful operas, one of which, ''L'idolo cinese'', made a deep impression upon the Neapolitan public. The young Mozart and his

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met him in Bologna in 1771. In 1772, Paisiello began to write church music and composed a requiem for Gennara di Borbone, of the reigning dynasty. In the same year, he married Cecilia Pallini, and the marriage was a happy one. In 1776, Paisiello was invited by the empress

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of Russia to

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, where he remained for eight years, producing, among other charming works, his masterpiece, ''

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'', which soon attained a European reputation. The fate of this opera marks an epoch in the history of Italian art; for with it the gentle suavity cultivated by the masters of the 18th century died out to make room for the dazzling brilliance of a later period. When, in 1816,

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set another version of the libretto by Cesare Sterbini under the title of ''Almaviva ossia la inutil precauzione'' the fans of Paisiello stormed the stage. Rossini's opera, now known as ''

'', is now acknowledged as Rossini's greatest work, while Paisiello's opera is only infrequently produced—a strange instance of poetical vengeance since Paisiello himself had many years previously endeavoured to eclipse the fame of

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by resetting the libretto of his famous intermezzo, ''

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''. Paisiello left Russia in 1784, and, after producing ''Il Re Teodoro'' at Vienna, entered the service of

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, where he composed many of his best operas, including ''Nina'' and ''La Molinara''. The Irish tenor Michael Kelly witnessed another meeting between Paisiello and Mozart when he visited Vienna later that year. Mozart had just finished a string of piano concertos, K. 449 and 453, written for his pupil Barbara Ployer. When Ployer’s father arranged a performance at his summer estate in Döbling, Mozart wrote to his father, "Fräulein Babette will play her new concerto in G and I shall play the Quintet and then we’ll perform together the grand sonata for two pianos. I shall fetch Paisiello with my carriage for I want him to hear my compositions as well as my pupil." After many vicissitudes, resulting from political and dynastic changes, he was invited to Paris (1802) by

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, whose favour he had won five years previously by composing a march for the funeral of General Hoche. Napoleon treated him munificently, while cruelly neglecting two more famous composers,

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and

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, to whom the new favourite transferred the hatred he had formerly borne to Cimarosa, Guglielmi and Piccinni. Paisiello is known to have composed 94 operas, which are known for their gracefully beautiful melodies. Perhaps the best-known tune he ever wrote is "

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" from ''La Molinara'', immortalized when

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composed piano variations based on it. Paganini also wrote violin variations based on the same tune. Another favourite vocal piece is "Chi vuol la zingarella" from ''I zingari in fiera'', which vividly portrays the scene of an attractive gypsy girl with its dramatic music. Paisiello also wrote a great deal of church music, including eight masses; as well as fifty-one instrumental compositions and many stand-alone songs. He also composed the Inno al Re, the national anthem of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Manuscript scores of many of his operas were presented to the library of the

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by Domenico Dragonetti. The library of the Gerolamini at Naples possesses an interesting manuscript compilation recording Paisiello's opinions on contemporary composers, and exhibiting him as a somewhat severe critic, especially of the work of Pergolesi. The ''Grove Concise Dictionary of Music'' notes that "Paisiello was one of the most successful and influential opera composers of his time. Most of his over 80 operas are comic and use a simple, direct and spirited style, latterly with sharper characterization, more colourful scoring and warmer melodies (features that influenced

). His serious operas have less than the conventional amount of virtuoso vocal writing; those for Russia are the closest to Gluck's 'reform' approach.

Works

Operas

* R 1.00 ''La moglie in calzoni'' (18.2.1764, Modena) * R 1.01 ''Il ciarlone'' (12.5.1764, Bologna) – lost * R 1.02 ''I francesi brillanti'' (24.6.1764, Bologna) * R 1.03 ''Madama l'umorista, o Gli stravaganti'' (26.1.1765, Modena) – lost * R 1.04 ''L'amore in ballo'' (carnival 1765, Venice S Moisè) * R 1.05 ''La mascherata delle nozze di Bacco e d'Arianna'' (11.2.1765, Modena) * ''I bagni d'Abano'' (spring 1765, Parma) * ''Il negligente'' (1765, Parma) * ''Pulcinella vendicato nel ritorno di marechiaro'' (1765, Naples, Teatro Bellini) * R 1.05a ''Le virtuose ridicole'' (1765, Parma) * R 1.06 ''Le nozze disturbate'' (carnival 1776, Venice S Moisè) * R 1.07 ''Le finte contesse'' (2.1766, Rome Valle) l Marchese di Tulissano?* R 1.08 ''La vedova di bel genio'' (spring 1766, Naples, Teatro Nuovo) * R 1.09 ''Le 'mbroglie de le Bajasse'' (carnival 1767, Naples) – lost * R 1.09a ''La serva fatta padrona'' (summer 1769, Naples) 2nd version of ''Le 'mbroglie de le Bajasse'' * R 1.10 ''L'idolo cinese'' (spring 1767, Naples, Teatro Nuovo) * R 1.11 Licenza to ''L'idolo cinese'' * R 1.12 ''Lucio Papirio dittatore'' (summer 1767, Naples, Teatro di S Carlo) * R 1.13 ''Il furbo malaccorto'' (winter 1767, Naples, Teatro Nuovo) * R 1.14 ''Alceste in Ebuda, ovvero Olimpia'' (20.1.1768, Naples, Teatro di S Carlo) * R 1.15 ''Le nozze di Peleo e Tetide'' (31.5.1768, Naples PR) esta teatrale in musica* R 1.16 Licenza to ''Peleo'' * R 1.17 ''La luna abitata'' (summer 1768, Naples, Teatro Nuovo) * R 1.18 ''La finta maga per vendetta'' (autumn? 1768, Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini) * R 1.19 ''L'osteria di Marechiaro'' (winter 1768, Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini) * R 1.20 ''La Claudia vendicata'' (performed as act III of ''L'osteria'' 1770, Naples) * R 1.21 ''Don Chisciotte della Mancia'' (summer 1769, Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini) * R 1.22 ''L'arabo cortese'' (winter 1769 Naples, Teatro Nuovo) * R 1.23 ''La Zelmira, o sia La marina del Granatello'' (summer 1770 Naples, Teatro Nuovo) * R 1.24 ''Le trame per amore'' (7.10.1770 Naples, Teatro Nuovo) * R 1.25 ''Demetrio'' (Lent 1771, Modena) * R 1.26 ''Annibale in Torino'' (16.1.1771 Turin,

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) * R 1.27 ''La somiglianza de' nomi'' (spring 1771 Naples, Teatro Nuovo) * R 1.28 and 1.29 ''I scherzi d'amore e di fortuna'' (summer 1771 Naples, Teatro Nuovo) * R 1.30 ''Artaserse'' (26.12.1771 Modena) * R 1.31 ''Semiramide in villa'' (carnival 1772 Rome,

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) * R 1.32 ''Motezuma'' (1.1772 Rome, Dame) * R 1.33 ''La Dardanè'' (spring 1772 Naples, Teatro Nuovo) * R 1.34 ''Gli amante comici'' (autumn 1772 Naples, Teatro Nuovo) * ''Don Anchise Campanone'' (1773 Venice) ev. Gli amante comici* R 1.35 ''L'innocente fortunata'' (carnival 1773 Venice S Moisè) * R 1.36 ''Sismano nel Mogol'' (carnival 1773 Milan,

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) * R 1.37 ''Il tamburo'' (spring 1773 Naples, Teatro Nuovo) l tamburo notturno* R 1.38 ''La semplice fortunata'' (summer 1773, Naples) * R 1.39 '' Alessandro nell'Indie'' (26.12.1773 Modena) – fragment * R 1.40 ''Andromeda'' (carnival 1774 Milan, Teatro Regio Ducale) * R 1.41 ''Il duello'' (spring 1774 Naples, Teatro Nuovo) * R 1.42 ''Il credulo deluso'' (autumn 1774 Naples, Teatro Nuovo) * R 1.43 ''La frascatana'' (autumn 1774 Venice, S Samuele) 'infante de Zamora* R 1.44 ''Il divertimento dei numi'' (4.12.1774 Naples, Reale) * R 1.45 '' Demofoonte'' (carnival 1775 Venice, S Benedetto) * R 1.46 ''La discordia fortunata'' (carnival 1775 Venice, S Samuele) 'avaro deluso* R 1.47 ''Le astuzie amorose'' (spring 1775 Naples, Teatro Nuovo) * R 1.48 ''Socrate immaginario'' (autumn 1775 Naples, Teatro Nuovo) * R 1.49 ''Il gran Cid'' (3.11.1775 Florence, Teatro La Pergola) * R 1.50 ''Le due contesse'' (3.1.1776 Rome, Teatro Capranica in Palazzo alla Valle) * R 1.51 ''La disfatta di Dario'' (carnival 1776 Rome, Teatro Argentina) * R 1.52 ''Dal finto il vero'' (spring 1776 Naples, Teatro Nuovo) * R 1.53 ''Il finto spettro'' (26.12.1776, Mannheim) * R 1.54 ''Nitteti'' (28.1.1777 St. Petersburg) * R 1.55 ''Lucinda e Armidoro'' (autumn 1777 St. Petersburg) * R 1.56 ''Achille in Sciro'' (6.2.1778 St. Petersburg) * R 1.57 ''Lo sposo burlato'' (24.7.1778 St. Petersburg) * R 1.58 ''Gli astrologi immaginari'' (14.2.1779 St. Petersburg, Hermitage) filosofi immaginari e philosophe imaginaire* R 1.59 ''Demetrio'' (13.6.1779, Tsarskoye Selo) * R 1.60 ''Il matrimonio inaspettato'' (1779 Kammenïy Ostrov) a contadina di spirito* R 1.61 ''La finta amante'' (5.6.1780 Mogilev) amiletta* R 1.62 ''Alcide al bivio'' (6.12.1780 St. Petersburg, Hermitage) * R 1.63 ''La serva padrona'' (10?.9.1781

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) * ''Il duello comico'' (1782 Tsarskoye Selo) ev. Il duello* R 1.64 '' Il barbiere di Siviglia, ovvero La precauzione inutile'' (26.9.1782 St. Petersburg) * R 1.65 ''Il mondo della luna'' (1782 Kammenïy Ostrov) * R 1.66 '' Il re Teodoro in Venezia'' (23.8.1784 Vienna, Burg) * R 1.67 ''Antigono'' (12.10.1785 Naples, Teatro di S Carlo) * R 1.68 ''L'amor ingegnoso, o sia La giovane scaltra'' (carnival 1785 Padua) * R 1.69 ''La grotta di Trofonio'' (12.1785 Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini) * R 1.70 ''

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'' (20.1.1786 Naples, Teatro di S Carlo) * R 1.71 ''Le gare generose'' (spring 1786 Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini) li schiavi per amore; Le bon maître, ou L'esclave par amour* R 1.72 ''Pirro'' (12.1.1787 Naples, Teatro di S Carlo) * ''Il barbiere di Siviglia, ovvero La precauzione inutile'' ev(1787 Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini) * R 1.73 ''Giunone e Lucina'' (8.9.1787 Naples, Teatro di S Carlo) * R 1.74 ''La modista raggiratrice'' (autumn 1787 Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini) a scuffiara amante, o sia Il maestro di scuola napolitano; La scuffiara raggiratrice* R 1.75 ''Fedra'' (1.1.1788 Naples, Teatro di S Carlo) * R 1.76 ''L'amor contrastato'' (carnival 1789 Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini) 'amor contrastato o sia La molinarella* R 1.77 ''Catone in Utica'' (5.2.1789 Naples, Teatro di S Carlo) * R 1.78 '' Nina, o sia La pazza per amore'' (25.6.1789 Caserta) * R 1.79 ''I zingari in fiera'' (21.11.1789 Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini) * R 1.80 ''Le vane gelosie'' (spring 1790 Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini) * R 1.81 ''Zenobia in Palmira'' (30.5.1790 Naples, Teatro di S Carlo) * ''La molinara'' (1790 Vienna) ev. L'amor contrastato* ''Nina, o sia La pazza per amore'' ev(1790 Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini) * R 1.82 ''Ipermestra'' (6.1791 Padua) * R 1.83 ''La locanda'' (16.6.1791 London Pantheon) a locanda di falcone; Lo stambo in Berlina* R 1.84 ''I giuochi d'Agrigento'' (16.5.1792 Venice, Fenice) * ''Il fanatico in Berlina'' (1792 Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini) ev. La locanda* R 1.85 ''Il ritorno d'Idomeneo in Creta'' (autumn 1792 Perugia) – lost * R 1.86 ''Elfrida'' (4.11.1792 Naples, Teatro di S Carlo) devolto* R 1.87 ''Elvira'' (12.1.1794 Naples, Teatro di S Carlo) * R 1.88 ''Didone abbandonata'' (4.11.1794 Naples, Teatro di S Carlo) * ''Nina, o sia La pazza per amore'' ev 2(1795 Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini) * ''Chi la dura la vince'' (9.6.1797 Milan S) * R 1.89 ''La Daunia felice'' (26.6.1797 Foggia, Palazzo Dogana) * R 1.90 ''Andromaca'' (4.11.1797 Naples, Teatro di S Carlo) * R 1.91 ''L'inganno felice'' (1798 Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini) * R 1.92 ''L'isola disabitata'' (3.7.1799, Lisbon) – lost * R 1.93 ''La Pace'' * R 1.94 '' Proserpine'' (28.3.1803 Paris, Opéra) * R 1.95 ''Elisa'' (19.3.1807 Naples, Teatro di S Carlo) Mayr* R 1.96 ''I pittagorici'' (19.3.1808 Naples, Teatro di S Carlo)

Secular cantatas

* R 2.01 – L'Ebone (lost) * R 2.02 – La sorpresa delli Dei (lost) * R 2.03 – 2 Notturni * R 2.04 – La Partenza * R 2.05 – La Libertà e Palinodia a Nice * R 2.06 – Il Ritorno di Perseo * R 2.07 – Amor vendicato * R 2.08 – Il Genio Poetico Appagato * R 2.09 – Cantata epitalamica (lost) * R 2.10 – Canone a 4 voci * R 2.11 – Le nozze di Silvio e Clori * R 2.12 – La Volontaria * R 2.13 – Il mio bene, il mio tesoro * R 2.14 – Birthday Cantata for Prince Felice of Lucca * R 2.15 – Tirsi a Fille * R 2.16 – Fille a Tirsi * R 2.17 – La Lontananza di Tirsi * R 2.18 – La scusa * R 2.19 – Riede omai la nuova aurora * R 2.20 – 3 Notturni for 2 sopranos

Oratorios, passions and sacred cantatas

* R 3.01 – Jephte sacrificium (lost) * R 3.02 – La Passione di Nostro Signor Gesù Cristo * R 3.03 – Passio secundum Mattheum * R 3.04 – Passio di San Giovanni * R 3.05 – Il transito di San Luigi Gansaga * R 3.06 – Cantata fatta in occasione della transalazione del sangue di S. Gennaro * R 3.07 – Baldassare * R 3.08 – Cantata per la Sollenit‡ del SS. Corpo di Cristo * R 3.09 – Cantata per la transalazione del sangue del glorioso martire S. Gennaro * R 3.10 – Il fonte prodigioso di Orebre (lost) * R 3.11 – Passio per la domenica delle Palme * R 3.12 – Passio per il venerdi Santo

Sacred music for rulers' chapels

Works composed for Napoleon's or King Joseph's chapels. * R 4.01 – Virgam virtutis tuae in F major * R 4.02 – Mass in F major * R 4.03 – Absit sonitus tubae in D major * R 4.04 – Mass in A major * R 4.05 – Veni ferox, veni in G minor * R 4.06 – Mass in C major * R 4.07 – Splendete o coeli in G major * R 4.08 – Mass in G major * R 4.09 – Coeli stella amica in E-flat major * R 4.10 – Mass in F major * R 4.11 – Non est in vita amara in C major * R 4.12 – Mass in B-flat major * R 4.13 – Messa in Pastorale per il Natale in G major * R 4.14 – Mass for Passion and Palm Sundays in F major * R 4.15 – Veni sancte spiritus in E-flat major * R 4.16 – Mass for the coronation of Napoleon I in B-flat major * R 4.17 – Deh resplende o clara stella in D major * R 4.18 – Gratiae sint Deo devotae in E-flat major * R 4.19 – Splendete o coeli in G major * R 4.20 – Sitibundi desolati in D minor * R 4.21 – Alma fax et casti in E-flat major * R 4.22 – Mass in D major * R 4.23 – Ne lucem Bene in B-flat major * R 4.24 – Altas Olympi fores in A major * R 4.25 – Rosae lux e coelo in A major * R 4.26 – Mass in F major * R 4.27 – Vivat Deus in C major * R 4.28 – Si mare ferox murmurat in F major * R 4.29 – Coeli stella amica in E-flat major * R 4.30 – Non est in vita amara in C major * R 4.31 – Heu nos jam velum in E-flat major * R 4.32 – Quis est? in C major * R 4.33 – Mass in C major * R 4.34 – Absit sonitus tubae in D major * R 4.35 – In tuo beato ardore in G major * R 4.36 – O mortales summo ardore in D major * R 4.37 – Mass in D major * R 4.38 – Mass for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in G major (1809) * R 4.39 – Sagro trattenimento musicale in B-flat major * R 4.40 – Sagro componimento musicale in C major * R 4.41 – Sagro componimento musicale in G major * R 4.42 – Mass for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in G major (1811) * R 4.43 – Mass in E-flat major * R 4.44 – Mass for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in C major * R 4.45 – Mass in B-flat major * R 4.46 – Te Deum breve in G major * R 4.47 – Laudate pueri in E minor * R 4.48 – Salvum fac Domine in B-flat major

Masses (other than those for rulers' chapels)

* R 5.01 – Missa Defunctorum in C minor * R 5.02 – Mass in G major * R 5.03 – Mass in D major * R 5.04 – Mass in F major * R 5.05 – Mass in D major * R 5.06 – Mass in B-flat major * R 5.07 – Agnus Dei in G major * R 5.08 – Mass in F major * R 5.09 – Mass in C major * R 5.10 – Mass in F major * R 5.11 – Mass in C major (doubtful)

Pieces for the Mass Ordinary

* R 5.51 – Introit, offertory and communion for the mass in F major * R 5.52 – Introit, kyrie and offertory * R 5.53 – Introit, gradual, offertory, post-communion and responsory * R 5.54 – Gradual: Omnes de Saba venient in G major * R 5.55 – Offertory: Te gloriosus chorus in D major

Psalms, hymns or antiphons used during Mass

* R 5.56 – Veni sancte spiritus in D major * R 5.57 – Exsulta jam cor meum in D major * R 5.58 – Stabat Mater del Pergolese in C minor * R 5.59 – Libera me Domine in D minor * R 5.60 – Caro mea vere est cibus in B-flat major * R 5.61 – Benedictus Rex in B-flat major

Psalms, canticles, hymns or antiphons

* R 6.01 – Te Deum in B-flat major * R 6.02 – Te Deum in C major * R 6.03 – Hymn: O salutaris hostia in A major * R 6.04 – Dixit Dominus in A major * R 6.05 – Antiphon: Domine ad adjuvandum in F major * R 6.06 – Dixit Dominus in F major * R 6.07 – Antiphon: Domine ad adjuvandum in G major * R 6.08 – Dixit Dominus in C major * R 6.09 – Dixit Dominus in D major * R 6.10 – Dixit Dominus in G major * R 6.11 – Dixit Dominus in D major * R 6.12 – Dixit Dominus in G major * R 6.13 – Psalm: Confitebor tibi in A major * R 6.14 – Psalm: Laudate pueri in E-flat major * R 6.15 – Psalm: Laudate pueri in C major * R 6.16 – Psalm: Laudate pueri in C major * R 6.17 – Psalm: Laetatus sum in D minor * R 6.18 – Psalm: Magnificat in C major * R 6.19 – Psalm: Magnificat in G major * R 6.20 – Litany in G major * R 6.21 – Responsoria Nativitatis Domini in E minor * R 6.22 – Responsori per la settimana santa * R 6.23 – Responsori per Giovedi Santo * R 6.24 – Responsori per Venerdi Santo * R 6.25 – Lamentazione prima in C major * R 6.26 – Lamentazione seconda in G major * R 6.26 – Lamentazione terza in F major * R 6.28 – Lezione per la sera del Giovedi Santo * R 6.29 – Christus factus est in A minor * R 6.30 – Miserere a 5 in D minor * R 6.31 – Hymn: Pange lingua in C minor * R 6.32 – Hymn: Tantum ergo in A major * R 6.33 – 3 Tantum ergo for soprano * R 6.34 – Hymn: Tantum ergo in C major * R 6.35 – Antiphon: Benedicat in F major * R 6.36 – Antiphon: Regina coeli in B-flat major * R 6.37 – Antiphon: Salve Regina in E-flat major * R 6.38 – Antiphon: Ave maris stella in F major

Motets

(to be completed) * R 7.01 – Motet: Astra coeli in C major * R 7.02 – Motet: O luminosa aurora in G major * R 7.03 – Motet: In corde intrepido in C major * R 7.04 – Motet: Mille furis in C major * R 7.05 – Motet: Absit sonitus in D major

Instrumental works

* R 8.01 – String Quartet No.1 in C major * R 8.02 – String Quartet No.2 in A major * R 8.03 – String Quartet No.3 in D major * R 8.04 – String Quartet No.4 in E-flat major * R 8.05 – String Quartet No.5 in E flat major * R 8.06 – String Quartet No.6 in C major * R 8.07 – String Quartet No.7 in E-flat major * R 8.08 – String Quartet No.8 in G major * R 8.09 – String Quartet No.9 in A major * R 8.10 – Keyboard Concerto No.1 in C major * R 8.11 – Keyboard Concerto No.2 in F major * R 8.12 – 4 Divertimenti for winds in E-flat major * R 8.13 – 12 Divertimenti for winds * R 8.14 – Collection of rondos and capriccios for keyboard * R 8.15 – Keyboard Concerto No.3 in A major * R 8.16 – Keyboard Concerto No.4 in G minor * R 8.17 – Keyboard Concerto No.5 in D major * R 8.18 – Keyboard Concerto No.6 in B-flat major * R 8.19 – Keyboard Concerto No.7 in A major * R 8.20 – Keyboard Concerto No.8 in C major * R 8.21 – Violin Sonata in E major * R 8.22 – Marche funèbre pour le Général Hoche in C minor * R 8.23 – Andante for horn and harp in C major * R 8.24 – 3 Pieces for Military Band * R 8.25 – Symphony in C major

Works of doubtful authenticity

* R E.02 – Sinfonia in E-flat major * R E.06 – Flute Quartet Op. 23 No.2 in D major * R E.07 – Flute Quartet Op. 23 No.5 in G major * R E.08 – Flute Quartet Op. 23 No.4 in G major * R E.09 – Flute Quartet Op. 23 No.1 in C major * R E.10 – Flute Quartet Op. 23 No.3 in E minor * R E.11 – Flute Quartet Op. 23 No.6 in G major * R E.13 – Marche du Premier Consul in B-flat major * R E.14 – Mandolin concerto in E-flat major * R E.15 – Mandolin concerto in C major * R E.16 – Mandolin concerto in G major

Educational treatises

* ''Regole per bene accompagnare il partimento o sia il basso fondamentale sopra il Cembalo''Giovanni Paisiello: ''Regole per bene accompagnare il partimento o sia il basso fondamentale sopra il Cembalo''. raxis und Theorie des Partimentospiels vol. 1, ed. by Ludwig Holtmeier, Johannes Menke and Felix Diergarten, Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven 2008, * 298 Disposizione over partimenti by Giovanni Paisiello, in two large handwritten volumes. Presumably written by his student in composition Auguste Louis de Talleyrand. The name 'Taleyrand' appears on the inside of the cover of volume 2. Besides the 45 partimenti from Paisiello's ''Regole per bene accompagnare'', the Taleyrand dispositions contain 41 partimenti that had not been previously known. These volumes are preserved in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (F-Pn Rés Vmb Ms. 10/1 and 10/2).

Editions

* Stefano Faglia, Franca Saini (ed.): ''Il Mondo della Luna'', Saint Petersburg, 1783. Monza, Accademia Musicale IAMR, 2006. Parma, L'oca del Cairo Edizioni Musicali, 2006.

References

External links

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Score manuscripts and publications by Giovanni Paisiello
on archive.org
John A. Rice, "Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun's Portrait of Giovanni Paisiello"
* John A. Rice
"Opera Seria in Theory and Practice: Alessandro Pepoli's 'Lettera ad un uomo ragionevole sul melodramma detto serio' (1790) and His Libretto for Paisiello's ''I giuochi d'Agrigento'' (1792)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Paisiello, Giovanni 1740 births 1816 deaths 18th-century Italian musicians 18th-century Italian male musicians 19th-century Italian musicians 19th-century Italian male musicians Italian classical composers of church music Italian Classical-period composers Neapolitan school composers Italian opera composers Italian male opera composers People from Taranto Italian string quartet composers Musicians from the Kingdom of Naples