(b Brescia, c1660; d Brescia, 1718). Italian composer, violinist and violin teacher, probably brother of Luigi Taglietti. He taught at the Jesuit Collegio dei Nobili, Brescia, from at least 1702. His music was popular in the first decades of the 18th century and was published in Italy at a time when the printing of instrumental music there was becoming comparatively rare. The Amsterdam publisher Pierre Mortier, in a 1709 list of his publications, placed him and Luigi Taglietti second only to Corelli, and they were indeed important in the development of the concerto and sonata. His concertos have more in common with the concerto grosso than with the solo type, though his op.8 features four solo violins, antedating by a few years the publication of Vivaldi's op.3, which contains some concertos for the same scoring. Occasional solo passages, including some for the viola, do, however, occur. He was among the first composers regularly to limit his concertos to three or four movements only. He shows a marked preference for only one solo treble line in his non-concerto works, witness his numerous instrumental arias (opp.3, 6 and 10) and the powerful melodic lines of his op.13 sonatas. His scorings for violoncello and violone, either together or as alternatives, have been cited as evidence of the co-existence of independent instruments.
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[10] Sonate da camera, 2 vn, vc/bc (hpd) (Bologna, 1695) |
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[6] Concerti e [4] Sinfonie, 2 vn, vle/bc (hpd) (Venice, 1696) |
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[30] Arie du suonare, vc, spinet/vle (Amsterdam, 1709), ?repr. |
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[8] Concerti, 2 vn, obbl a va, bc (Amsterdam, 1709) |
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Divertimento musicale di camera, 2 vn, vle/vc (Venice, 1706) |
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Pensieri musicali (24 arie), vn, vc, bc (Venice, 1707) |
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[10] Sonate da camera, 2 vn, vle/bc (Amsterdam, 1709), op.5 on title-page |
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Concerti a cinque, 4 vn, va, vc, vle, bc (Venice, 1710) |
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Sonate da camera, 2 vn, vle/bc (hpd) (Venice, c1710), lost |
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Arie da sonare, vn, vc, vle/bc (hpd) (Venice, c1711), lost |
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[10] Concerti a quattro con suoi rinforzi, 4 vn, a va, vle, org (Bologna, 1714) |
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Pensieri da camera, 2 vn, b (Venice, c1714), lost |
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[10] Sonate … per camera, vn, bc (Bologna, 1715) |
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G. Gaspari: Catalogo della biblioteca del Liceo musicale di Bologna, iv (Bologna, 1905/R), 150–51
A. Schering: Geschichte des Instrumental-Konzerts (Leipzig, 1905, 2/1927/R)
P. Guerrini: ‘Per la storia della musica a Brescia’, NA, xi (1934), 25–6
F. Lesure: ‘Estienne Roger et Pierre Mortier’, RdM, xxxviii (1956), 35–48
C. Sartori: ‘Un catalogo di Giuseppe Sala del 1715’, FAM, xiii (1966), 112–16
A. Planyavsky: Der Barockkontrabass Violone (Salzburg, 1989), 75–6
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