Luca Antonio Predieri
Luca Antonio Predieri (also: Luc'Antonio Predieri, * September 13, 1688 in Bologna, † January 3, 1767 ) was an Italian composer and violinist.
Life
Luca Antonio Predieri came from a musical family, his parents were Predieri Vitale and Maria Menzani. Luca Antonio made like most Bolognese musicians trained at the " Capella musicale " of S. Petronio. Violin lessons he received from Abondio Bini and Tommaso Vitali, a teacher of counterpoint and composition were Giacomo Antonio Perti and related with him musician Giacomo Cesare Predieri (1671-1753), Angelo Predieri. In 1705, Luca Antonio Predieri at S. Petronio mentioned as a viola player and from 1706 to 1711 as a violinist. Predieri was Kapellmeister at several Bolognese churches, including from 1728 to 1731 in the " Capella Musicale " at S. Petronio Cathedral ( 1728-31 ). In 1716 he was inducted as a composer in the Accademia Filarmonica, whose Principe it was 1723.
After moving to Vienna he was in 1739 as the successor of Antonio Caldara Vice-Kapellmeister of the Court Chapel Vienna, principal investigator Johann Joseph Fux. After his death in 1741 Predieri took over sole leadership of the orchestra until 1751. Predieri composed seven oratorios, sacred music and about 30 operas, which were mainly performed in Florence and Vienna. During his lifetime he was reckoned next to Nicola Porpora and Leonardo da Vinci, the most famous opera composers of his generation.
Of his instrumental compositions only a few have been preserved, these include a Sinfonia in B and a violin concerto with a virtuosic final movement, which in an anthology with 12 other concerts of various Italian composers under the title at " Concerti a cinque " with Jeanne Roger in Amsterdam in 1716 was published.
Other family members
Several other members of the family were Predieri musicians, mainly in Bologna active. Among them was Giacomo (Mary) Predieri ( 1611-95 ), from 1679 to 1693 organist at the cathedral in Bologna, also cornetist and trumpeter and one of the founders of the Accademia Filarmonica. His nephew Antonio Predieri (around 1650-1710 ) is mentioned as an opera singer (tenor ). Angelo Predieri ( Tommaso ) ( 1655-1731 ) was a singer, composer and conductor, and one of the teachers of Padre Martini. Giacomo Cesare Predieri (1671-1753), another nephew of Giacomo and an uncle of Luca Antonio Predieri, was a composer (especially of oratorios ), singer and conductor at six institutions in Bologna. Giovanni Battista Predieri (around 1730-55 ) was a composer and conductor.