Johann Adolf Hasse, a significant late Baroque composer, spent many successful years in Italy, where he was known as "Il Sassone" (the Saxon), and married the acclaimed Italian singer Faustina Bordoni.
Composer Biography
Abate Ranieri Capponi, a Baroque composer, was a member of the prominent Florentine Gino Capponi family, known for producing many politicians and artists, and was also a successful composition teacher.
Composer Biography
Carlo Arrigoni, a Florentine composer, was a sought-after musician across Europe, achieving success with his cantatas, canzonettas, and operas, and was also a skilled instrumentalist and vocalist.
Instruments
The small lute, an instrument tuned with fourth-third intervals, was known by various names in the Baroque era, such as leuto, leutino, mandola, or mandolla, but is now uniformly called the Baroque mandolin.
Composition History
After Abate Ranieri Capponi's death, his brother Ruberto Capponi published a book of 12 sonatas, dedicated to Clemens August, Archbishop of Cologne and Prince Elector of the Holy Roman Empire.
Composition History
All the manuscripts of Carlo Arrigoni's works, including his compositions for Baroque mandolin, are preserved in the Library of Congress in Washington.
Historical Context
A contemporary oil painting from 1725 by Bartolomeo Nazari depicts Faustina Bordoni, wife of composer Johann Adolf Hasse, playing the mandolin, highlighting the instrument's presence in her celebrated career.
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