Antonio Lotti (5 January 1667 – 5 January 1740) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era .
16-1019: Lotti may refer to any of the following: Antonio Lotti (c.1667–1740), Italian composer Brian Lotti , U.S. professional skateboarder Carlo Lotti (1916–2013), Italian engineer and professor of hydraulic construction Carola Lotti (1910–1990), Italian actress Cosimo Lotti (1571–1643), Italian engineer and landscape designer Helmut Lotti (born 1969), Belgian singer and songwriter Luca Lotti (born 1982), Italian politician Marcella Lotti della Santa (1831–1901), Italian opera singer Mariella Lotti (1921–2006), Italian film actress Massimo Lotti (born 1969), Italian footballer Maurizio Lotti (1940–2014), Italian politician Sahara Lotti (born 1977), U.S. screenwriter and actress See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Lotti All pages with titles containing Lotti Di Lotti Lottie (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
32-546: A Kyrie–Gloria Mass (Kyrie in G ;minor , Gloria in G major ). No longer attributed to Lotti: Caroline Giron-Panel Caroline Giron-Panel née Giron (born 30 June 1979 in Angers ) is a French historian and musicologist . An archivist and palaeographer (class 2004 of the École nationale des chartes ), a former member of the École française de Rome (2008-2011), professeure agrégée , Giron-Panel holds
48-569: A century old to name works that Lotti supposedly composed for the Ospedale degl’ Incurabili. Later studies built upon that assertion to name Lotti as one of the supposed maestri of the Incurabili. The 2001 New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians went a step further to try to extrapolate when Lotti's period of employment at the Incurabili would supposedly have been, building on a house of cards. However, recent studies establish that there
64-654: A degree in history from the Pierre Mendès-France University of Grenoble and a doctorate in musicology from the Ca' Foscari University of Venice . Her early work focused on Venice in the modern era, female musical practices, travel stories in Italy and the circulation of cultural models in Europe. She is also interested in gender issues in music (castratos, contraltos, musicians and transgender musicians),
80-884: A letter to the Count [Christian Heinrich von Watzdorf, minister of domestic affairs] that he would take [the Italians] into his special protection and protect them against any ill will... “about which, the King has declared that His Majesty will afford them every possible protection, whatever it takes, that [Court Chapel master Johann Christoph Schmidt] should have no business with them.” In Dresden he also composed operas, including Giove in Argo , Teofane and Li quattro elementi (all with librettos by Antonio Maria Lucchini ). Other works written in Venice include Giustino ; Trionfo dell'Innocenza ;
96-576: A variety of forms, producing masses , cantatas , madrigals , around thirty operas , and instrumental music. Some of his sacred choral works are unaccompanied ( a cappella ) but many of them are composed in the concertato style with strings, basso continuo, and occasionally oboes and trumpets. His more progressive works foreshadow the galant style , considered a transition between the established Baroque and emerging Classical styles. Johann Sebastian Bach , George Frideric Handel , and Jan Dismas Zelenka all had copies of Lotti's Missa Sapientiae ,
112-562: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Antonio Lotti Lotti was born in Venice , although his father Matteo was Kapellmeister at Hanover at the time. Oral tradition says that in 1682, Lotti began studying with Lodovico Fuga and Giovanni Legrenzi , both of whom were employed at St Mark's Basilica , Venice's principal church, although there is no documentary evidence. Lotti made his career at St Mark's, first as an alto singer (from 1689), then as assistant to
128-417: Is no documentary evidence whatsoever of any such employment ever taking place. The most current and most comprehensive studies by Caroline Giron-Panel and Pier Gillio establish conclusively that Lotti was not formally employed by the Incurabili, and that there is no evidence of his having composed any music for that institution, even on informal terms. According to one nineteenth-century biographer, Lotti
144-440: The surname Lotti . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lotti&oldid=1102517477 " Categories : Surnames Italian-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
160-573: The Electorate seems to have gone to lengths to keep the visiting Italians away from the resident chapel musicians, particularly from Kapellmeister Johann Christoph Schmidt. “The king also authorized some appointments only under the condition “that this not disturb anything among the orchestra.” The electoral prince was even forced, when the Italians were already in Dresden, to declare outright in
176-540: The Scuola dello Spirito Santo, one of the scuole piccole. The governing body of the scuola, the Provveditori di Comun, contracted Antonio Lotti in 1695 to provide music at the scuola for the annual feast of Pentecost and the two days after for total of at least eight years. More significantly, he redistributed the balance between singers and instrumentalists in a way that reflects a change of musical texture and style in
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#1732790836321192-482: The first act of Tirsi , Achille Placato , Teuzzone , Ama più che non si crede , Il comando inteso e tradito , Sidonio , Isaccio tiranno , La forze de sangue , Il Tradimento traditore di sé stesso , L'Infedeltà punita , Poresenna , Irene Augusta , Polidoro , Foca superbo , Alessandro Severo , Il Vincitore Generossi and Odii del Sangue delusi . He returned to his job at San Marco in Venice in 1719 and remained there until his death in 1740. Lotti wrote in
208-701: The punk scene and comic strips. In 2006 she obtained the prize of the "Société française d'histoire des hôpitaux", in 2016 the prize of the Levi foundation of the Académie française and the Prix des Muses [ fr ] of the Singer-Polignac Foundation [ fr ] . She was a scientific advisor by the Venetian Centre for Baroque Music [ fr ] , a member of
224-528: The sacred music performed there. In 1717 he was given leave to go to Dresden . There is one more venue for which Lotti is known to have composed sacred music, namely, the Dresden court of Friedrich Augustus I, Elector of Saxony ) where Lotti was in residence from 1717 to 1719. While in Venice, the king had engaged Lotti specifically to compose for the Italian opera troupe that he had assembled. But
240-465: The second organist , then as second organist (from 1692), then (from 1704) as first organist, and finally (from 1736) as maestro di cappella , a position he held until his death. Because of the paucity of solid scholarship until recent decades, older reference books cite a good deal of misinformation regarding Lotti's biography. Cicogna's 1834 Delle inscrizioni Veneziane and Francesco Caffi ’s 1854 Storia della Musica relied on oral tradition more than
256-418: Was a notable teacher, with Domenico Alberti , Benedetto Marcello , Giovanni Battista Pescetti , Baldassare Galuppi , Giuseppe Saratelli and Jan Dismas Zelenka among those believed to have been his pupils, although evidence is lacking in some cases. He was married to the noted soprano Santa Stella . What is indeed well-documented is Lotti's employment at various other Venetian institutions, including
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