Angelo Maria Scaccia (c. 1690 – 29 September 1761) was an Italian
composer
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Etymology and Defi ...
and
violin
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ist. He wrote fourteen
concerto
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s for the violin, including the major set of
violin concerto
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s, his ''Opus 1'', a set of six, (Amsterdam, c. 1730), the first published by a Milanese composer. He also published a single concerto in 1736. Most of his other surviving works are scattered across a range of manuscript collections; including
Pierre Philibert de Blancheton Pierre Philibert de Blancheton (9 October 1697 – 6 March 1756) was a French politician and music patron and collector. From 1724 until his death 30 years later he was a member of the Parliament of Metz.
Well known for his passion as a music colle ...
's ''Fonds Blancheton''.
Life and career
Born in Milan, Scaccia was the son of violinist
Carlo Federico Scaccia (died 1751). He received his earliest musical education from his father, and in 1711 he was part of a large contingent of Milanese musicians who performed in Novara in celebration of the transfer of relics of
San Gaudenzio di Novara.
In 1720, he became a violinist at the
Teatro Regio Ducale
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of Milan; a post he left but then resumed again in 1748. In 1751, he succeeded his father in his post of royal violinist and was awarded the title first ducal ''patente di violinista''.
He remained in that post until his death ten years later.
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1690 births
1761 deaths
18th-century Italian composers
Italian male classical composers
Italian opera composers
Male opera composers
Musicians from Milan
18th-century Italian male musicians