Giuseppe Valentini: Idee per camera a Violino e Violone o Cembalo, Op. 4

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Orfei Farnesiani
Giuseppe Valentini

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Compositional Technique

Valentini's binary form movements were avant-garde for their systematic re-presentation of thematic material, almost forming a prototype of the sonata form, even anticipating his contemporaries.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Valentini made an effort to be original, using terms like 'Sinfonia', 'Bizzarria', 'Fantasia', 'Idea', 'Villeggiatura', and 'Allettamento' instead of the common 'sonata' for his printed works.

Composer Biography

Valentini's life was typical of a freelance musician, serving at the courts of various patrons, including regular Sunday service and participation in oratorios, serenatas, and operas.

Composer Biography

Giuseppe Valentini, the composer, referred to himself as 'a youth of merely twenty years of age' in a 1701 dedication, suggesting he was born around 1680.

Interpretation

The ensemble Orfei Farnesiani believes that the sounds of ancient music are irrecoverable to modern ears and focuses on research and interpretation to make the past relevant to today's perception.

Composer Biography

Giuseppe Valentini was one of 20 'outside' violinists led by Arcangelo Corelli, a renowned Italian Baroque composer and violinist, for the 1708 performance of Händel's 'Oratorio per La Resurrezione'.

Composer Biography

Valentini was sometimes known by the unflattering nickname 'Straccioncino' (Ragamuffin), which appears in payrolls and on a concerto manuscript in Manchester.