Gaetano Donizetti

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Gaetano Donizetti
(1797-1848).

Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (n. 29 noiembrie 1797, Bergamo, Italia – d. 8 aprilie 1848) a fost un compozitor italian de muzică cultă şi, mai ales, de operă din Bergamo, regiunea Lombardia. Cea mai cunoscută lucrare a compozitorului italian este Lucia di Lammermoor (1835), respectiv cea mai uşor de recunoscut piesă muzicală a sa este aria muzicală, "Una furtiva lagrima" din opera L'elisir d'amore (1832). Alături de Vincenzo Bellini şi Gioacchino Rossini, Donizetti a fost unul din compozitorii de frunte ai operei bel canto.

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Donizetti a studiat în orasul natal, apoi la Bologna, cu abatele Pietro Mattei, cu care a şi lucrat o perioadă de timp, respectiv ulterior cu Gioacchino Rossini.

Prima operă cu care a obţinut succes a fost „Zoraide di Granata” („Soraya din Granada”), prezentată la Roma în 1822. Din anul 1827, Donizetti se stabileşte la Napoli (Neapole) unde devine directorul Teatrului Regal, iar mai apoi profesor de contrapunct la Conservator. În numai trei ani, a scris 12 opere, toate ilustrând stilul interpretativ Bel canto. Din această perioada de creaţie, caracterizată de influenţa compozitorului Gioacchino Rossini, se pot remarca operele "Anna Bolena]]" (1830), "Elixirul dragostei" (1832), "Lucrezia Borgia" (1833), dar mai ales "Lucia di Lammermoor" (1835) care poate fi socotita capodopera sa.

Din anul 1839, Donizetti se stabileşte la Paris, unde în următorii ani prezintă noi opere, "Favorita" (1840), "Fiica regimentului" (1840), "Rita" (1841), "Ducele de Alba" (1842), "Don Pasquale" (1843) şi "Don Sebastian, Rege al Portugaliei" (1843).

În peregrinările sale prin marile oraşe muzicale ale Europei, Donizetti a ajuns şi la Viena, unde a avut loc premiera operei sale "Linda di Chamounix" (1842).

La 8 aprilie 1848, în vârstă de numai 51 de ani, Gaetano Donizetti decedează în orasul sau natal, Bergamo.

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Gaetano Donizetti

Donizetti a fost un prolific compozitor de muzică cultă. Opera sa cuprinde 75 de opere, 16 simfonii, 19 cvartete de coarde, 193 de cântece, 45 duete, 3 oratorii, 28 de cantate, concerte instrumentale, sonate şi alte piese de muzică clasică.

[modifică] Opere

[modifică] 1816 – 1819
[modifică] 1820 – 1824
[modifică] 1825 – 1829
[modifică] 1830 – 1834
[modifică] 1835 – 1839
[modifică] 1840 – 1845

[modifică] Lucrări corale

  • Ave Maria
  • Grande Offertorio
  • Il sospiro
  • Messa da Requiem
  • Messa di Gloria e Credo
  • Miserere (Psalm 50)

[modifică] Lucrări orchestrale

  • Allegro for Strings in C major
  • L'ajo nell'imbarazzo: Sinfonia
  • Larghetto, tema e variazioni in E flat major
  • Roberto Devereux: Sinfonia
  • Sinfonia Concertante in D major (1818)
  • Sinfonia for Winds in G minor (1817)
  • Sinfonia in A major
  • Sinfonia in C major
  • Sinfonia in D major
  • Sinfonia in D minor
  • Ugo, conte di Parigi: Sinfonia

[modifică] Concerte

  • Concertino for Clarinet in B flat major
  • Concertino for English Horn in G major (1816)
  • Concertino in C minor for flute and chamber orchestra (1819)
  • Concertino for Flute and Orchestra in C major
  • Concertino for Flute and Orchestra in D major
  • Concertino for Oboe in F major
  • Concertino for Violin and Cello in D minor
  • Concerto for 2 Clarinets "Maria Padilla"
  • Concerto for Violin and Cello in D minor

[modifică] Lucrări de muzică corală

  • Andante sostenuto for Oboe and Harp in F minor
  • Introduction for Strings in D major
  • Larghetto and Allegro for Violin and Harp in G minor
  • Largo/Moderato for Cello and Piano in G minor
  • Nocturnes (4) for Winds and Strings
  • Quartet for Strings in D major
  • Quartet for Strings no 3 in C minor: 2nd movement, Adagio ma non troppo
  • Quartet for Strings no 4 in D major
  • Quartet for Strings no 5 in E minor
  • Quartet for Strings no 5 in E minor: Larghetto
  • Quartet for Strings no 6 in G minor
  • Quartet for Strings no 7 in F minor
  • Quartet for Strings no 8 in B flat major
  • Quartet for Strings no 9 in D minor
  • Quartet for Strings no 10 in G minor
  • Quartet for Strings no 11 in C major
  • Quartet for Strings no 12 in C major
  • Quartet for Strings no 13 in A major
  • Quartet for Strings no 14 in D major
  • Quartet for Strings no 15 in F major
  • Quartet for Strings no 16 in B minor
  • Quartet for Strings no 17 in D major
  • Quartet for Strings no 18 in E minor
  • Quartet for Strings no 18 in E minor: Allegro
  • Quintet for Guitar and Strings no 2 in C major
  • Solo de concert
  • Sonata for Flute and Harp
  • Sonata for Flute and Piano in C minor
  • Sonata for Oboe and Piano in F major
  • Study for Clarinet no 1 in B flat major
  • Trio for Flute, Bassoon and Piano in F major

[modifică] Lucrări pentru pian

  • Adagio and Allegro for Piano in G major
  • Allegro for Piano in C major
  • Allegro for Piano in F minor
  • Fugue for Piano in G minor
  • Grand Waltz for Piano in A major
  • Larghetto for Piano in A minor "Una furtiva lagrima"
  • Larghetto for Piano in C major
  • Pastorale for Piano in E major
  • Presto for Piano in F minor
  • Sinfonia for Piano in A major
  • Sinfonia for Piano no 1 in C major
  • Sinfonia for Piano no 1 in D major
  • Sinfonia for Piano no 2 in C major
  • Sinfonia for Piano no 2 in D major
  • Sonata for Piano in C major
  • Sonata for Piano in F major
  • Sonata for Piano in G major
  • Variations for Piano in E major
  • Variations for Piano in G major
  • Waltz for Piano in A major
  • Waltz for Piano in C major
  • Waltz for Piano in C major "The Invitation"

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(audio)
Prelude to Lucia di Lammermoor (info)
Le beau vingt-et-unième (info)
from Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment, performed by Atelier Vocal des Herbiers
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[modifică] Citate

  • "Ah, by Bacchus, with this aria I shall receive universal applause. People will say to me, “Bravo maestro!”
I, in a very modest manner, shall walk about with bowed head; I’ll have rave reviews…I can become immortal…
My mind is vast, my genius swift...
And at composing, a thunderbolt am I."
(From a poem composed by 14 years-old Gaetano Donizetti)
  • "Donizetti, when asked which of his own operas he thought the best, spontaneously replied, 'How can I say which? A father always has a preference for a crippled child, and I have so many.'" (Louis Engel: "From Mozart to Mario", 1886)

[modifică] Bibliografie

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  • William Ashbrook: Donizetti and his Operas, Cambridge:Cambridge University Press 1982. Ashbrook also wrote an earlier life entitled Donizetti in 1965.
  • Stanley Sadie (ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Volume 7, London: Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 2001, pp.761-796. The 1980 edition article, by William Ashbrook and Julian Budden, was also reprinted in The New Grove Masters of Italian Opera, London: Papermac, 1984, pp. 93-154.
  • Stanley Sadie (ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Volume 1, London: Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1997, pp.1201-1221.
  • Egidio Saracino (ed), Tutti I libretti di Donizetti, Garzanti Editore, 1993.
  • Herbert Weinstock, Donizetti, London: Metheun & Co., Ltd., 1964. (UK publication date).
  • Giuliano Donati Petténi, Donizetti, Milano: Fratelli Treves Editori, 1930
  • Guido Zavadini, Donizetti: Vita - Musiche- Epistolario, Bergamo, 1948
  • John Stewart Allitt, Gaetano Donizetti – Pensiero, musica, opere scelte, Milano: Edizione Villadiseriane, 2003
  • John Stewart Allitt, Donizetti – in the light of romanticism and the teaching of Johann Simon Mayr, Shaftesbury, Dorset, UK: Element Books, 1991. Also see John's website http://www.johnstewartallitt.com/
  • Annalisa Bini & Jeremy Commons, Le prime rappresentazioni delle opere di Donizetti nella stampa coeva, Milan: Skira, 1997
  • John Black, Donizetti's Operas in Naples 1822-1848, London: The Donizetti Society, 1982
  • James P. Cassaro, Gaetano Donizetti - A Guide to Research, New York: Garland Publishing. 2000
  • Leopold M Kantner, ed., Donizetti in Wien, papers from a symposium in various languages (ISBN 3-7069-0006-8 / ISSN 156,00-8921). Published by Primo Ottocento, available from Edition Praesens.
  • Philip Gossett, Anna Bolena and the Artistic Maturity of Gaetano Donizetti, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985
  • Egidio Saracino Ed. Tutti i libretti di Donizetti, Milan: Garzanti, 1993

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