Emanuele Barbella
Illustration — Pietro Fabris, Emanuele Barbella, 1770 Emanuele Barbella (1718–1777) was a Neapolitan composer and violinist. He received his first violin lessons from his father, a violinist and violin teacher at the Conservatory of Santa Maria di Loreto, and later studied the instrument with Angelo Zaga and Pasquale Bini, a pupil of Giuseppe Tartini. From that year until 1744, he continued his studies with Leonardo Leo.
Emanuele Barbella
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- Born
- 1718 · Naples.
- Died
- 1777 · Naples.
- Occupation
- composer · violinist · music educator
- Fields
- music
- Movements
- Baroque music
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In 1753, he was first violin at the Teatro Nuovo in Naples, and from 1761 until his death, he was a member of the orchestra of the Teatro San Carlo. During the 1760s, he probably undertook a trip to England. He was esteemed as a virtuoso by his contemporaries. Among his students was Ignazio Raimondi.
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Emanuele Barbella was born in Naples, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
• Elmira generosa (opera buffa, libretto by Pietro Trinchera, 1753, Napoli; composed with Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino) • Tinna noonna, lullaby for violin and bass • 2 concertos • 12 trios for 2 violins and bass (or violin, violetta and bass) • 6 trios for violin and cello • 33 duets for 2 violins (or mandolin and bass) • 12 solos for violin and bass (or two violins) • 17 sonatas for violin and bass • 6 sonatas for 2 violins, cello and harpsichord • 6 sonatas for violin and cello • 6 sonatas for 2 mandolins • 3 sonatas for 2 violins and bass • 3 sonatas for 2 violins • Sonata for 2 mandolins and bass
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Emanuele Barbella (14 April 1718 – 1 January 1777) is described as a violinist, composer and musician in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The birth of Emanuele Barbella is recorded on 14 April 1718, and the death on 1 January 1777 in Naples.
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- 1.Christoph Timpe: I Virtuosi del Violino - Musica Napoletana, Booklet S. 17–18 (Label: Capriccio, CD 49 546, 2007)
- 2.Tagebuch einer musikalischen Reise durch Frankreich und Italien / Neapel
- 3.Ulisse Prota-Giurleo: Eintrag im Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 6 (1964)
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