Jean-Baptiste Stuck

Jean -Baptiste Stuck also called Batistin, ( born May 6, 1680 in Livorno, † December 8, 1755 in Paris ) was an Italian- French cellist and composer with German roots.

Life

Little is known about the early years of stucco. He came from a merchant family and was the son of Giovanni Giacomo stucco and Barbera Hellerbech. From 1702 he was in the service of the Countess Lemos at Naples. Stuck wrote several arias for the performance of the opera L' innocente inganno by Tomaso Albinoni, which was performed on December 10, 1702 in Naples, under the new title Rodrigo in Algieri at the theater San Bartolimeo.

Shortly thereafter, stucco must have resided in Paris, in 1705 published collection of the publishing house Ballard "For the year 1701, " one of his works has been published.

In Paris, he was a member of the Chapelle Royale and cellist in the service of the Duke of Orléans. In 1722 he led the cello in the orchestra of the opera, this displaced gradually the bass viol. 1733 he received French citizenship.

Work

Stuck was one of the first composers who tried in his cantatas, the connecting " Italian taste in music ", with French words.

Cantatas

• 4 books of cantatas, which were printed in 1706-1714. The Concert Spirituel came in 1729 his cantata " Union de la musique française et italienne " to the performance.

Operas

• Méléagre ( Royal Academy of musique Paris 1709)
• Manto la fée ( Royal Academy of musique Paris 1711)
• Il Gran Cid (Carnival 1715 Livorno)
• Polydore ( Royal Academy of musique Paris 1720)
• About 15 Opéras - ballets that have been performed at Versailles.

• Composer ( Baroque)
• Italian composer
• French composer
• Composer ( opera )
• Classical cellist
• Born in 1680
• Died in 1755
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