Giuseppe Tartini
Giuseppe Tartini(8 April 1692 – 26 February 1770) was an Italiancomposerandviolinist.
Life
[change|change source]Early life
[change|change source]Tartini was born inPirano,Republic of Venice(today it is a part ofSlovenia). His father wanted him to become apriest.So, he joined theFranciscans.He learnedrhetoricsand music. He went toPaduato studylawat thePadua University.He also practicedfencing.[1]
After his father died, he married Elisabetta Premazore.[1]Cardinal Giorgio Cornaro thought that Tartini had kidnapped her. So, Tartini had to run away toRome.He had to leave his wife in Padua. He stopped atAssisi.He stayed at theconventofSt. Francis.He was safe from the cardinal. There, he studied playing the violin. He also learnedmusic theorywithBohuslav Matěj Černohorský.[2]
Career
[change|change source]Tartini went toVenice.There, he heardFrancesco Maria Veraciniplay the violin in 1716. He was impressed by Veracini's playing. He was not happy with his own playing. So, he went away to make his violin playing even better.[1]
Tartini became famous in Europe. He became theKapellmeisterof theBasilica of St. Anthony of Paduain 1721. People who wanted to becomeKapellmeisterat the basilica had to take an exam. Tartini did not need to take the exam. People thought his violin playing was already perfect.[1]He played the violin onEmperor Charles VI's coronation as king ofBohemiain 1724.[2]
Tartini worked inPraguefor three years.[1]He returned to Padua in 1728. He went back to being theKapellmeisterof the Basilica of St. Anthony. People from many countries wanted Tartini to work for them. However, he did not want to leave Padua.[2]
He created a violin school in Padua in 1727. Tartini not only taught playing the violin, but also writing music.[1]Students from many countries came to study with him. One of his most famous students wasJohann Gottlieb Graun.[3]
Later life
[change|change source]Tartini started to write about music theory. He also became interested in mathematics. He published a book titledTrattato di musica secondo la vera scienza dell'armoniain 1754. The book was criticized for being too hard to understand. He published another book, titledDe' principi dell'armonia musicale contenuta nel diatonico genere.[1]
Tartini died in 26 February 1770 in Padua. He was buried in the church ofChurch of St. Catherine, Padua.
Music
[change|change source]Tartini mostly wrote violin sonatas and violin concertos. He published a set of violin sonatas in 1734. He did not write anyoperas.[1]His most famous piece of music is theDevil's Trillsonata. Legend says that he made a agreement with thedevil.Tartini gave the devil his violin. The devil played a violin sonata. Tartini was impressed. He tried to write down the sonata. However, it was not as good as what the devil had played. This is why the sonata is called theDevil's Trill.[3]
References
[change|change source]- ↑1.01.11.21.31.41.51.61.7Petrobelli, Pierluigi (2001). "Tartini, Giuseppe".Grove Music Online(8th ed.). Oxford University Press.
- ↑2.02.12.2Bachmann, Alberto (1913).Les grands violonistes du passe.Paris: Fischbacher. pp. 312–316.
- ↑3.03.1Pougin, Arthur (1924).Le Violon, les violonistes et la musique de violon du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle / Arthur Pougin(in French). Fischbacher. pp. 100–116.
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