Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco (12 July 1675,
Verona
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,
Italy
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— 12 July 1742,
Munich
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,
Bavaria
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) was an Italian
composer
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, violinist, and cellist.
Life
Dall'Abaco was born in
Verona
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to renowned guitarist Damiano dall'Abaco. He is thought to have been a pupil of
Torelli
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's from whom he would have learned violin and cello.
He became a violinist with
Tommaso Antonio Vitali
Tomaso Antonio Vitali (7 March 1663 – 9 May 1745) was an Italian composer and violinist of the mid to late Baroque era. The eldest son of Giovanni Battista Vitali, he is chiefly known for a Chaconne in G minor for violin and continuo, to whi ...
in
Modena
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, and in 1704 joined the court of
Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria
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in Munich as ''Kammermusiker''. After only a few months, he fled with the court to
Brussels
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following Maximilian's defeat at the
Battle of Blenheim
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. When he went into exile with the court, he spent time in France and absorbed some of the influences there. On Maximilian's restoration and return to Munich in 1715, Dall'Abaco was appointed ''Concert-meister''. He continued to compose
chamber music
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at the
French and
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courts until 1740, when he retired. Dall'Abaco's music is especially indebted to
Vivaldi
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and
Corelli. Dall'Abaco passed away on his 67th birthday
While in
Brussels
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, dall'Abaco fathered
Joseph Abaco
Joseph Abaco (full name Joseph (Giuseppe) Marie Clément Ferdinand dall'Abaco) (27 March 171031 August 1805) was an Italian violoncellist and composer. He was born and baptised in Brussels, the capital of the Spanish Netherlands, on 27 March ...
(1710–1805).
Published works
* Opus 1: 12 ''Sonate da Camera'', for
violin
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and
violoncello
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with accompaniment
* Opus 2: 12 ''Concerti a quattro da Chiesa''
* Opus 3: 12 Sonate da Chiesa a tre
* Opus 4: 12 Sonate da Camera a violino e violoncello
* Opus 5 & 6: Concerti a piu Instrumenti
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References
1675 births
1742 deaths
18th-century Italian composers
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18th-century Italian male musicians
Italian Baroque composers
Italian male classical composers
Italian violinists
Italian cellists
Male violinists
Musicians from Verona
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