Francesco Antonio Vallotti

Francesco Antonio Vallotti ( born June 11, 1697 in Vercelli, † January 10, 1780 in Padua ) was an Italian composer, musicologist and organist.

Life

Vallotti was a pupil of Giovanni Ambrogio Bissone (1646-1726), director of music at St. Eusebius in Vercelli. In 1716 he entered the Franciscan Order and was a priest in 1720. In 1722 he took over the position of organist in Padua and was built in 1730 Kapellmeister there., Succeeding Antonio Calegari ( 1656-1742 ), in which he had probably previously studied He remained in this position for 50 years. Under him was from 1730 the violin virtuoso Giuseppe Tartini and theorists concertmaster. Georg Joseph Vogler ( Abbé Vogler ) studied with Vallotti.

Music Theoretical work

Vallotti dealt with a wide range of theoretical knowledge of his time and was in frequent contact with many colleagues as Calegari, Vogler, Lambert, Tartini.

" Considering Calegaris early, probably independently undertaken by Rameau studies for chord inversion, which were not published, but interacted with his friar Vallotti, and count the joint work with Tartini added to a diverse range of Northern Italian theorizing in the 1750s to 1770s results years, the intuitions Zarlino brought new acoustic findings in conjunction with the Vogler came in contact. Vallotti even had the relationship between music and mathematics reflects ... " (Sebastian Klotz )

Shortly before his death appeared Vallotti major work Della scienza Teorica e della moderna musica pratica (over scientific theory and practice of modern music). Its importance is today particularly as a name of Vallotti mood, which he did not invent, but documented as the first, and today is a widespread sentiment in the field of historical performance practice.

Vallotti extensive correspondence has not yet been evaluated.

Composing

Although he was a famous composer of church music during his lifetime, his works are now performed only rarely. To commemorate the opening of the Berlin Hedwig 's Cathedral on November 1, 1773 the Prussian court had given at Vallotti a Mass and a Te Deum in order.

Many of his works exist only in manuscript form.

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Further literature

  • Giulio Cattin (eds.): France Vallotti. Nel II centenario dalla morte ( 1780-1980 ). Biografia, catalogo delle opere tematico e contributi critici ( Centro Studi Antoniani = 3). Messaggero, Padua 1981, ISBN 88-7026-367-3
  • Composer ( Baroque)
  • Italian composer
  • Composer ( church music )
  • Music theorists
  • Classic organist
  • Italian
  • Born in 1697
  • Died in 1780
  • Man
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