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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Emanuele Barbella (14 avril 1718 – 1er janvier 1777) figure comme violoniste, compositeur et musicien dans les notices d'autorité de la Bibliothèque nationale de France et de la Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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La naissance d'Emanuele Barbella est enregistrée le 14 avril 1718, et le décès le 1er janvier 1777 à Naples. Le lieu de naissance d'Emanuele Barbella est Naples, selon la Deutsche Nationalbibliothek et la Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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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.
• 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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- 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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