Giovanni Battista Costanzi
Giovanni Battista Costanzi (1704-1778) was an Italian composer and cellist. He succeeded Stefano Fabri as maestro di cappella of the Cappella Giulia at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
Giovanni Battista Costanzi
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- Born
- 1704 · Rome.
- Died
- 1778 · Rome.
- Occupation
- composer · cellist · music educator
- Fields
- opera · classical music · liturgical music
- Languages
- Italian
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Giovanni Battista Costanzi (1704-1778) was an Italian composer and cellist. He succeeded Stefano Fabri as maestro di cappella of the Cappella Giulia at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
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Also known as a teacher of Luigi Boccherini, the main theatre of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma is dedicated to Costanzi.
Herman-François Delange is recorded as having studied under Giovanni Battista Costanzi. The recorded working language is Italian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera, classical music and liturgical music. Work by Giovanni Battista Costanzi is recorded in the collections of Procuratoria di San Marco musical archive.
• Cantata per Natale, soloists, Gambe di legno, Fra Bernardo. • Sonate per violoncello. Giovanni Sollima; Monika Leskovar. Arianna Art Ensemble. Glossa.
Giovanni Battista Costanzi - Per la festivitа del Santo Natale - titlepage of the libretto - Rome 1727
Pietro Metastasio, Giovanni Battista Costanzi
Illustration of the stage setting for the Prologue of Per la festività del Santo Natale at its first performance (Rome, 1727)
Artist: Unknown. Libretto author: Pietro Metastasio (1698–1782)
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- 1.Giovanni Battista Costanzi', in New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, vol. vi, pp. 527–8.
- 2.'Giovanni Battista Costanzi', in New Grove Dictionary of Opera, vol. i, p. 971.
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