Name Carlo Cecere | Role Composer | |
Compositions Flute Concerto in A major: I Tempo giusto, Flute Concerto in A major: I Tempo giusto, Flute Concerto in A major: III Allegro, Flute Concerto in A major: III Allegro, Flute Concerto in A major: II Largo, Flute Concerto in A major: II Largo Similar People Raffaele Calace, Giovanni Paisiello, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Baldassare Galuppi | ||
Carlo Cecere
Carlo Cecere (7 November 1706 – 15 February 1761) was an Italian composer of operas, concertos and instrumental duets including, for example, some mandolin duets and a concerto for mandolin. Cecere worked in the transitional period between the Baroque and Classical eras.
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- Carlo Cecere
- Carlo Cecere c 1750 Sonata in G Major I Moderato mandolins mandocello
- Life
- Music
- Selected discography
- References
Carlo Cecere (c. 1750): Sonata in G Major - I. Moderato, mandolins & mandocello
Life
Surprisingly little is known about his life, given that he lived in the 18th century. It is known that Cecere was born in Grottole (Basilicata) and died in Naples; he is buried in the chapel of the Congregazione dei Musici di S. Maria la Nuova. But it is not even known which instrument(s) he played by preference. According to some sources, he was mainly a violinist—he was certainly a violinist in the monastery of the Carmine in Naples—whereas other sources believe he was primarily a flautist.
Music
Cecere set to music at least two librettos by Pietro Trinchera, including La tavernola abentorosa. Trinchera, not Cecere, was punished because La tavernola abentorosa's satirical portrayal of monastic life was considered a buffoonish mockery. It was the first comic opera written specifically for a monastic audience.