Petronio Franceschini
Petronio Franceschini (Bologna, January 9, 1651 – Venice, December 4, 1680) was a Baroque composer from Italy.
Petronio Franceschini
- Born
- 1651 · Bologna.
- Died
- 1680 · Venice.
- Nationality
- Republic of Venice
- Occupation
- composer · cellist
- Fields
- opera
- Movements
- Baroque music
- Teachers
- Giuseppe Corsi · Lorenzo Perti
- Languages
- Italian
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Petronio Franceschini (Bologna, January 9, 1651 – Venice, December 4, 1680) was a Baroque composer from Italy.
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Franceschini studied under Giacomo Antonio Perti and became also the main cellist in Basilica di San Petronio. He produced mainly church music and he is credited with an innovative use of trumpet and voices. In addition, he wrote four operas. He died in Venice before he had the chance to finish a fifth, Dionisio, which was completed by a contemporary of his, Giovanni Domenico Partenio. Today Franceschini's most often performed composition (conceived with San Petronio in mind) is his Sonata in D for two trumpets and strings; this work has been recorded several times since the 1960s.
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Works
• Le gare di Sdegno, d'Amore e di Gelosia • Oronte de Menfi • Arsinoe • Apollo in Tessaglia • Dioniso ovvero La virtù trionfante del vitio • Sonata for 2 Trumpets in D
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1651
Petronio Franceschini born at Bologna.
1680
Petronio Franceschini died at Venice.
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Bologna.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q492200: Petronio Franceschini
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- “Petronio Franceschini”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- Franceschini, Petronio (opera), Oxford Music Online, 2002
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2002
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- MusicBrainz artist record for Petronio Franceschini
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Franceschini, Petronio (opera), Oxford Music Online, 2002Crossref registry
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