Giuseppe Torelli and His Importance in the Development of Musical Style
Choose one of the following composers to write a brief account of their importance in the development of musical style.
Giuseppe Torelli (1658 – 1709)
Pietro Locatelli (1695 to 1764)
Francesco Geminiani (1687 to 1762)
Pietro degli Antonii (1648 to 1720)
Post your mini-essay in the Week 10 Mini-Essay Discussion Board. Keep your writing concise, it should only be one computer screen in maximum. This is not a major research paper.
Consult Grove Music, the online source that you can access through my.library. There is also the Oxford Dictionary of Music that is an online source.
Include the title of a piece of their music you listened to, and include the directions how to find it. Youtube is a good source, as I’m sure you know.
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Giuseppe Torelli (1658 -1709)
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Giuseppe Torelli (1658 -1709)
Giuseppe Torelli, who lived between 1658 and 1709, was a Baroque composer. His pieces played a vital role in developing instrumental concerto and concerto grosso ("Giuseppe Torelli- Bio, Albums, Pictures – Naxos Classical Music.", 2021). He was born in Verona, northern Italy but moved to Bologna in the early 1680s, where he joined Accademia Filarmonica at San Petronio, where he played violin with Capella Musicale ("Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709)", 2021). Torelli studied composition and climbed the rank to become a maestro de Capella at the Imola Cathedral.
The violin concerto's birth came with publications of Torelli's initial pieces that included 12 Concertino per Camera for Violin and Cello, Op. 4. These pieces gave the violin extended solo passages accompanied by an orchestra. Torelli's significant achievements of the genre were the 12 Concerti Musicali and 12 Concerti Grossi con una Pastorale ("Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709)", 2021). His initial works were considered conventional, but Torelli gradually improved in his following pieces.
Torelli befriended Giovanni Pellegrino Brandi, a virtuoso trumpeter while playing with Capella Musicale. The interaction led to Torelli producing more ...