Francesco Paolo Supriani
Francesco Paolo Tomaso Supriani (Conversano, 11 July 1678 – Naples, 28 August 1753) was an Italian cellist and composer of the Neapolitan school.
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Francesco Paolo Supriani
- Name
- Francesco Paolo Supriani
- Born
- 11 July 1678
- Birthplace
- Conversano, Kingdom of Naples
- Died
- 28 August 1753
- Place of death
- Naples, Kingdom of Naples
- Occupation
- cellist, composer
- Full name
- Francesco Paolo Tomaso Supriani.
- Movements
- Baroque music.
- Teachers
- Gian Carlo Cailò.
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• Name — Francesco Paolo Supriani • Born — 11 July 1678 • Birthplace — Conversano, Kingdom of Naples • Died — 28 August 1753 • Place of death — Naples, Kingdom of Naples • Citizenship — Italian • Occupation — cellist, composer • Notable Works — 12 Toccatas for Cello
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Francesco Paolo Supriani (1678 – 1753) was a composer, cellist and musician. Both events are recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Biography
Biography
He was a student of Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini from 1693, where he became a cello virtuoso. He was the author of a manuscript didactic collection of toccatas for the instrument, with an explanatory introduction, entitled: Principij da imparare à suonare il violoncello e con 12 Toccate à solo, found and published by the musicologist and cellist Luigi Silva (1903–1961). A copy of the manuscript is kept in the Biblioteca Conservatorio San Pietro a Majella, Naples. In this work Supriani already uses the fifth position, as well as the bass and tenor clefs. As a virtuoso cellist, he helped the cello to emerge from its traditional rank of continuo and reach the elevated status of a solo instrument. Supriani is considered one of the teachers of Francesco Alborea, commonly known as "Franciscello".
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Conversano.
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Naples.
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Compositions
Principij da imparare à suonare il violoncello e con 12 Toccate à solo (1720) 12 Toccatas for cello solo: • Toccata prima in G major • Toccata seconda in A minor • Toccata terza in B flat major • Toccata quarta in C major • Toccata quinta • Toccata sesta • Toccata settima • Toccata ottava in G minor • Toccata nona in A major • Toccata decima in D minor • Toccata undicesima in A minor • Toccata dodicesima in F minor
Discography
• La voce del violoncello opere per violoncello dei principali compositori violoncellisti italiani - (2012, Passacaille Records) • Boccherini's Dreams: Toccate I, IV, X e XI – Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann, violoncello (gennaio/febbraio 2021, Arcantus) — con due sonate di Boccherini e brani di Pasquini, Cabezon e Storace. • Supriani: 12 Toccatas for Cello, Transcribed for Viola by Marco Misciagna - Marco Misciagna, viola (2024, MM - MM03)
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- 1.https://imslp.org/wiki/Principij_da_imparare_%C3%A0_suonare_il_violoncello_e_con_12_Toccate_%C3%A0_solo_(Supriani%2C_Francesco_Paolo)
- 2.Supriani: 12 Toccatas for Cello, Transcribed for Viola by Marco Misciagna.
- 3.Alfredo Giovine: Musica e spettacoli di Bari, collana: Biblioteca dell'Archivio della tradizioni popolari baresi.
- 4.Fabris, Dinko. Music in Seventeenth-century Naples: Francesco Provenzale (1624-1704). Ashgate Publishing. 2007. 978-0-7546-3721-9.
- 5.Guido Olivieri: Performance Practice- Issues and Approaches, Steglein Publishing (Cello Playing and Teaching in Eighteenth-Century Naples: F. P. Supriani's Principij da imparare a suonare il violoncello). 978-0-9719854-9-0.
- 6.early_history_of_the_cello_in_naples.
- 7.Gli_strumenti_musicali_nella_Liturgia_il_ruolo_del_violoncello_nella_pratica_e_cultura_partenopea.
- 8.Supriani: 12 Toccatas for Cello, Transcribed for Viola by Marco Misciagna.
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