Name Antonio Caldara Role Composer | Librettists Pietro Pariati | |
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Died December 26, 1736, Vienna, Austria Compositions Sebben - crudele, Sebben - crudele, Il piu bel nome, Il piu bel nome, L'Olimpiade, L'Olimpiade, Vicino a un rivoletto, Vicino a un rivoletto, Andromaca, Andromaca, Stabat Mater: IV: Sancta mater, Stabat Mater: IV: Sancta mater, Missa dolorosa: Benedictus, Missa dolorosa: Benedictus, Sinfonia no6 in G minor "San Elena al Calvario" (1731): II Adagio, Sinfonia no6 in G minor "San Elena al Calvario" (1731): II Adagio, Missa dolorosa: Gloria in excelsis Deo, Missa dolorosa: Gloria in excelsis Deo, Missa dolorosa: Agnus Dei, Missa dolorosa: Agnus Dei, Sonata a tre in E minor - op 1 no 5: I Grave, Sonata a tre in E minor - op 1 no 5: I Grave, Missa dolorosa: Credo in unum Deum, Missa dolorosa: Credo in unum Deum, Stabat Mater: I: Stabat Mater dolorosa, Stabat Mater: I: Stabat Mater dolorosa, D'improvviso amor ferisce, D'improvviso amor ferisce, Missa dolorosa: Dona nobis pacem, Missa dolorosa: Dona nobis pacem, Sinfonia no12 in A minor "La passione di Gesu Signor nostro" (1730): III Adagio, Sinfonia no12 in A minor "La passione di Gesu Signor nostro" (1730): III Adagio, Stabat Mater: X: Flammis ne aurar succensus, Stabat Mater: X: Flammis ne aurar succensus, Aquiles en Esciro, Aquiles en Esciro, Sinfonia no6 in G minor "San Elena al Calvario" (1731): I Adagio-Allegretto, Sinfonia no6 in G minor "San Elena al Calvario" (1731): I Adagio-Allegretto, Missa dolorosa: Kyrie Eleison, Missa dolorosa: Kyrie Eleison, Missa dolorosa: Et resurrexit, Missa dolorosa: Et resurrexit, La olimpiada, La olimpiada, Soffri - mio caro Alcino, Soffri - mio caro Alcino, Missa dolorosa: Domine Deus, Missa dolorosa: Domine Deus, Missa dolorosa: Crucifixus, Missa dolorosa: Crucifixus, Stabat Mater: V: Tui nati vulnerati, Stabat Mater: V: Tui nati vulnerati, Fiamma ignota, Fiamma ignota, Ego sum panis vivus (I am the living bread), Ego sum panis vivus (I am the living bread), Missa dolorosa: Qui tollis peccata mundi, Missa dolorosa: Qui tollis peccata mundi, Stabat Mater: II: Cujus animam gementem, Stabat Mater: II: Cujus animam gementem, Se vedrai avvampar le lucciolette, Se vedrai avvampar le lucciolette, Sinfonia no12 in A minor "La passione di Gesu Signor nostro" (1730): II Allegretto, Sinfonia no12 in A minor "La passione di Gesu Signor nostro" (1730): II Allegretto, Sonata a tre in E minor - op 1 no 5: III Adagio, Sonata a tre in E minor - op 1 no 5: III Adagio, Stabat Mater: IX: Fac ut portem Christi mortem, Stabat Mater: IX: Fac ut portem Christi mortem, La Costanza in amor: "Sebben - crudele", La Costanza in amor: "Sebben - crudele", Adriano en Siria, Adriano en Siria, Missa dolorosa: Domine Fili, Missa dolorosa: Domine Fili, Stabat Mater: XI: Christe - cum sit hinc exire, Stabat Mater: XI: Christe - cum sit hinc exire, Stabat Mater: VIII: Virgo Virginum Praeclara, Stabat Mater: VIII: Virgo Virginum Praeclara, Sonata da camera in D major - op 2 no 3: I Preludio, Sonata da camera in D major - op 2 no 3: I Preludio, Sinfonia no12 in A minor "La passione di Gesu Signor nostro" (1730): IV Allegro, Sinfonia no12 in A minor "La passione di Gesu Signor nostro" (1730): IV Allegro, Missa dolorosa: Sanctus, Missa dolorosa: Sanctus, Stabat Mater: XII: Fac - ut animae donetur, Stabat Mater: XII: Fac - ut animae donetur, Crucifixus a 16, Crucifixus a 16, Missa dolorosa: Quoniam tu solus sanctus, Missa dolorosa: Quoniam tu solus sanctus, Selve amiche, Selve amiche, Missa dolorosa: Christe eleison, Missa dolorosa: Christe eleison, Ciro reconocido, Ciro reconocido, Stabat Mater: III: Quis est homo, Stabat Mater: III: Quis est homo, Sonata a tre in E minor - op 1 no 5: II Vivace, Sonata a tre in E minor - op 1 no 5: II Vivace, Sonata da camera in D major - op 2 no 3: II Allemanda, Sonata da camera in D major - op 2 no 3: II Allemanda Similar People Alessandro Scarlatti, Nicola Porpora, Johann Joseph Fux, Andrea Marcon, Christoph Willibald Gluck | ||
Antonio caldara c 1670 1736 trio sonata in e minor
Antonio Caldara (1670 – 28 December 1736) was an Italian Baroque composer.
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- Antonio caldara c 1670 1736 trio sonata in e minor
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Caldara was born in Venice (exact date unknown), the son of a violinist. He became a chorister at St Mark's in Venice, where he learned several instruments, probably under the instruction of Giovanni Legrenzi. In 1699 he relocated to Mantua, where he became maestro di cappella to the inept Charles IV, Duke of Mantua, a pensionary of France with a French wife, who took the French side in the War of the Spanish Succession. Caldara removed from Mantua in 1707, after the French were expelled from Italy, then moved on to Barcelona as chamber composer to Charles III, the pretender to the Spanish throne (following the death of Charles II of Spain in 1700 without any direct heir) and who kept a royal court at Barcelona. There, he wrote some operas that are the first Italian operas performed in Spain. He moved on to Rome, becoming maestro di cappella to Francesco Maria Marescotti Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Cerveteri. While there he wrote in 1710 La costanza in amor vince l'inganno (Faithfulness in Love Defeats Treachery) for the public theatre at Macerata.
With the unexpected death of Emperor Joseph I from smallpox at the age of 32 in April 1711, Caldara deemed it prudent to renew his connections with Charles III – soon to become Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI – as he travelled from Spain to Vienna via northern Italy. Caldara visited Vienna in 1712, but found Marc'Antonio Ziani and Johann Joseph Fux firmly ensconced in the two highest musical posts. He stopped at the Salzburg court on his return journey to Rome, where he was well received (and to which he subsequently sent one new opera annually from 1716 and 1727). In 1716, following the death the previous year of Ziani and the promotion of Fux to Hofkapellmeister, Caldara was appointed Vize-Kapellmeister to the Imperial Court in Vienna, and there he remained until his death.
Caldara is best known as a composer of operas, cantatas and oratorios. Several of his works have libretti by Pietro Metastasio, the court poet at Vienna from 1729.
Antonio caldara c 1670 1736 chiacona in b flat major
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