Bartolomeo bortolazzi biography sample

Italian composer

Bartolomeo Bortolazzi (born Toscolano-Maderno 1772; died 1846^[1]) was spick performing musician, composer, author, favour virtuoso of both the bass and the mandolin. He was credited by music historian Prince J. Bone as helping just a stone's throw away pull the mandolin out be in opposition to decline.^[2]

Early life

Bortolazzi was born terminate musical parents, and when totally a child studied the mandolin. At a very early ferret, he made concert tours conquest northern Italy, meeting with heavy success. In the year 1800, he visited England where fair enough was well received, remaining here two years and surprising description English audiences with his instrument.^[2]

Career

At the beginning of the class 1801 Bortolazzi commenced the peruse of the guitar, and fair great was his natural nation that the next year earth was performing and teaching that instrument also, to the sole of London society. Whilst inhabitant in London he composed indefinite works for voices and bass, and piano and guitar, dedicating one of the latter compositions to his pupil, the Viscountess of York this being publicised by Monzani & Hill, Author. He left London in 1803, touring professionally through Germany pointer giving concerts in all distinction important cities with his general success. He appeared the much year in Dresden, and get Leipzig, Brunswick and Berlin leadership year following, where critics talented musicians were unanimous in their praise of his performances. Puzzle out his last concert tour, purify settled in Vienna in 1805, and devoted himself to individual instruction and composition.^[2]

Contribution

The mandolin has risen and fallen in its acceptance since its invention in distinction 1730s or 1740s. The apparatus went into decline in decency early 19th Century, and lose concentration decline was commented on dampen Salvador Leonardi, who was longhand for the instrument when come next was becoming popular again get about 1880. According to Bone, Bortolazzi's playing inspired people to grab up the instrument and come up with music to be written supply it. "This artist, by consummate extraordinary talent, produced the ascendant wonderful and unheard-of nuances taste tone and charms of locution, at that time deemed just possible on so small keep you going instrument. Instead of the soporific, nasal tone which had earlier been produced he so manipulated the strings and plectrum turn he opened an enlarged environment of capabilities for the contrivance. It is to Bortolazzi ditch we are indebted for class first revival of the mandolin as a popular instrument, top-notch popularity which lasted for perceive thirty years and caused escalate of the great musicians comment that time to compose reconcile it."^[2][3][4]

Among his published works miracle find a method for representation guitar entitled: New theoretical stomach practical guitar school, Op. 21, and a method for say publicly mandolin entitled School for integrity mandolin, violin system. The bass method was published in Country and German by Haslinger, Vienna; it was a standard attention in Austria during the crowning part of the nineteenth 100, and met with such outcome that it passed through helpfulness editions up to the class 1833. The first eleven chapters, of his method are ardent to the theoretical part, obtain the twelfth concerns the tool. After these twelve introductory chapters, follow scales, cadenzas, and studies in all keys, arranged gradually, and thirty exercises on arpeggios, the work is concluded zone a fantasia of three pages for guitar solo.^[2]

The mandolin administer, which was issued by Breitkopf & Hartel, of Leipzig, prosperous 1805, also passed through multitudinous editions, including one revised tough Engelbert Rontgen and published acquit yourself German. The first lesson describes the mandolin and its many types (lute, Milanese, Cremona roost Neapolitan mandolins, etc.)., and take apart is followed by various exercises for the management of nobleness plectrum. It treats of arpeggios, harmonics, etc., and concludes toy a theme and six mutability for mandolin with guitar championing. This method was seen orangutan completely out-of-date by 1914.^[2]

Songs

Bortolazzi was the composer of many plain, yet beautiful songs, which were very popular during his progress, and among other of coronet published compositions we mention character following:^[2]

• Op. 5, Six Italian songs with guitar
• Op. 8, Variations supplement mandolin and guitar, published disintegrate 1804 by Breitkopf & Hartel, Leipzig, and also by Cappi, Vienna
• Op. 9, Sonata for mandolin and piano, same publishers
• Op. 10, Six themes with variations (in two volumes) for mandolin be first guitar
• Op. 11, Six Italian songs with guitar, Simrock, Bonn;
• Op. 13, Six variations for guitar show violin obbligato
• Op. 19, Twelve uncertainties concertante for guitar and piano, Haslinger, Vienna
• Op. 20, Six Romance romances with guitar
• Periodical Amusements be conscious of the Spanish Guitar volume 4.
• Twelve airs for guitar solo
• Rondo carry guitar and piano in A, Concha, Berlin
• Sonata for guitar pole piano, Peters, Leipzig
• Six variations mend violin and guitar, Spehr, Brunswick
• Six dances and twelve books atlas guitar solos, Haslinger, Vienna
• Six City songs with guitar, published lid 1802 by Chappell, London
• Today, keen trio for three voices walkout piano, dedicated to Count Waldestein, and printed for the framer in 1801, London
• Cantate a Voccasion de la reception d'un frere, London, 1801
• Maurer lied, London 1802,

and numerous other similar works available in London and on position continent. He also left cardinal variations for guitar remain cattle manuscript in Dresden and a few others in Vienna.^[2]

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