Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti (born Christian Joseph Lidarti) (
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23 February 1730 –
Pisa(?) after 1793) was an Austrian composer, born in Vienna of Italian descent.
Life
Lidarti was a nephew of the Viennese
Kapellmeister Giuseppe Bonno. While at University in Vienna, studying philosophy and law, he also began to learn to play the harp and harprsichord. In 1757 he studied with
Niccolò Jommelli in Rome. Until 1784 he was a musician at chapel of the Cavalieri di S. Stefano in Pisa. His last known composition is dated 1793.
In 1770, the English musician
Charles Burney met Lidarti in Pisa during his travels in Italy. In 1774 Lidarti wrote an autobiography, ''Aneddoti musicali''. Most of Lidarti's compositions were for chamber ensembles; they also include a number of
concertos.
''Ester''
Lidarti is noted for his oratorio ''Ester'' (
Hebrew: ''תשועת ישראל על ידי אסתר - The Salvation of Israel by the Hands of Esther'') composed in 1774 to a Hebrew libretto for the Jewish community in Amsterdam, for which he also wrote some settings of religious music. ''Ester'' is believed to be the first work of the oratorio form in Hebrew. The libretto was created by Rabbi
Jacob Saraval, based on the libretto for the 1732 version of the oratorio ''
Esther
Esther is the eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther. In the Achaemenid Empire, the Persian king Ahasuerus seeks a new wife after his queen, Vashti, is deposed for disobeying him. Hadassah, a Jewess who goes by the name of Esther, is chosen ...
'' by
George Frideric Handel. Lidarti's music was lost until rediscovered in London in 1997.
[Conway (2012), p. 59]
Discography
* ''Musica da camera e concerto per clavicembalo''.
Auser Musici Auser Musici is a period instrument ensemble centered in Pisa that specializes in early music repertory from the Tuscan region of Italy.
History, Mission, and Activities
The ensemble was founded in 1997 by the flautist Carlo Ipata and has perform ...
, cond. Carlo Ipata.
Tactus Records
Tactus Records (Italian Casa Discografica Tactus) is an Italian classical music recording label based in Bologna, Italy. It was founded in 1986 by a local businessman Serafino Rossi (1927-3 December 2009). The Province of Bologna held a concert i ...
TC.733701 (2003)
* ''Violin Concertos''. Auser Musici, cond. Carlo Ipata.
Hyperion Records
Hyperion Records is an independent British classical record label.
History
Hyperion is an independent British classical label that was established in 1980 with the goal of showcasing recordings of music in all genres and from all time period ...
CDA67685 (2008)
* ''Esther - oratorio en langue hébraïque''. Orchestre National de Montpellier, cond.
Friedemann Layer. Accord, 4761255 (2003)
Notes
References
Sources
*
Conway, David, 2012. ''Jewry in Music: Entry to the Profession from the Enlightnement to Richard Wagner''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
* Fabris, Dinko (2008)
''Lidarti: Violin Concertos''(CD booklet). Hyperion Records CDA67685
External links
*
Lidarti su 'Tesori Musicali Toscani'
1730 births
1790s deaths
Austrian male composers
Austrian composers
Musicians from Vienna
Austrian people of Italian descent
Austrian cellists
18th-century composers
18th-century Austrian male musicians
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