Giovanni Battista Ferrandini

Giovanni Battista Ferrandini (* around 1710 in Venice, † November 25, 1791 in Munich ) was an Italian composer of the pre-classical period.

Ferrandini received his musical training well with Antonio Biffi at the Ospedale dei Mendicanti in Venice and completed this on probably in Pietro Torri (1650-1737) and Giuseppe Antonio Bernabei (1649-1732) in Munich, where he lived at the age of 12 years already as a boy and got a job as an oboist in the court orchestra. In 1732 he rose to become court composer in 1737 and as director of chamber music. In Munich he composed the opera Catone in Utica for the grand opening of the residence theater, which was built by François de Cuvilliés the Elder ( 1695-1768 ). 1755 left Ferrandini Munich and moved to Padua. As a token of appreciation, you can consider visiting Leopold and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who visited him in 1771 at his home. It was not until three years before his death he returned to Munich.

The opera Catone in Utica was revived in 2003 in Munich Cuvilliés Theatre; the conductor was Christoph Hammer ( New Munich Court Orchestra ).

Works (selection)

  • " Gordio " ( Perozzo because Perozzi ), dramma per musica (Munich, 1727)
  • "Il sacrificio invalido " ( Perozzo because Perozzi ), dramma per musica ( Nymphenburg, 1729 )
  • " Colloquio pastoral " ( Perozzo because Perozzi ) Serenata ( Nymphenburg, 1729 )
  • " Berenice " ( Leopoldo de Villati ), dramma per musica (Munich, 1730)
  • " Scipione nelle Spagne " ( Apostolo Zeno ), dramma per musica (Munich, 1732)
  • " Adriano in Siria " ( Pietro Metastasio ), dramma per musica (Munich, 1737)
  • " Demofoonte " ( Metastasio ), dramma per musica (Munich, 1737)
  • " Artaserse " ( Metastasio ), dramma per musica (Munich, 1739 )
  • " Componimento dramatico per l' incoronazioe di Carlo VII" (Frankfurt, 1742)
  • " Catone in Utica " ( Metastasio ), dramma per musica (Munich, 1753), at the opening of today's Residence Theatre
  • " Diana placata " ( Metastasio ), Serenata (Munich, 1755)
  • " Demetrio " ( Metastasio ), dramma per musica ( 1758)
  • " Talestri " ( Maria Antonia Walpurgis ), Opera drammatica (Munich, 1760)
  • " L' amor prigioniero componimento drammatico " (Munich, 1781)
  • 36 cantatas for solo voice and continuo ( 1739 )
  • 39 cantatas for solo voice and continuo (1753 )
  • The cantata "Il pianto di Maria ", which so far George Frideric Handel (HWV 234) was attributed.
  • Op.1 6 Sonatas for flute and B.C. (Le Cène, Amsterdam)
  • Op.2 6 sonatas for flute, oboe or violin and BC ( Boivin and Le Clerc, Paris)
  • Op. 25 Sinfonias
  • 3 Trio Sonatas
  • 2 Dilettamenti da camera
  • 1 Divertimento for 2 Violins and Continuo
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