Filippo Amadei, also known as Pippo del Violoncello ( fl. 1690–1730) was an Italian composer from

Reggio Emilia Reggio nell'Emilia ( egl, Rèz; la, Regium Lepidi), usually referred to as Reggio Emilia, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, and known until 1861 as Reggio di Lombardia, is a city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has abou ...

, who was active in Rome and London.Haendel.it Filippo Amadei (Italian)
/ref> He appears to have worked as composer of cantatas, oratorios, and as a cellist for

Cardinal Ottoboni Pietro Ottoboni (2 July 1667 – 28 February 1740) was an Italian cardinal and grandnephew of Pope Alexander VIII, who was also born Pietro Ottoboni. He is remembered especially as a great patron of music and art. Ottoboni was the last person to h ...

from 1690 to 1711, the year of his oratorio ''Teodosio il giovane'' (1711), then again from 1723 to 1729. From 1719 to 1722 he was in London, where he wrote the first act of the opera ''

Muzio Scevola ''Muzio Scevola'' (; "Mucius Scaevola", HWV 13) is an opera seria in three acts about Gaius Mucius Scaevola. The Italian-language libretto was by Paolo Antonio Rolli, adapted from a text by Silvio Stampiglia. The music for the first act was ...

'' (1721), with the second act by

Giovanni Bononcini Giovanni Bononcini (or Buononcini) (18 July 1670 – 9 July 1747) (sometimes cited also as Giovanni Battista Bononcini) was an Italian Baroque composer, cellist, singer and teacher, one of a family of string players and composers. Biography E ...

and the third by

George Frideric Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque music, Baroque composer well known for his opera#Baroque era, operas, oratorios, anthems, concerto grosso, concerti grossi, ...

Works

Oratorio: * ''Teodosio il giovane'' Rome, 1711 on the story of Byzantine emperor

Theodosius II Theodosius II ( grc-gre, Θεοδόσιος, Theodosios; 10 April 401 – 28 July 450) was Roman emperor for most of his life, proclaimed ''Augustus (title), augustus'' as an infant in 402 and ruling as the eastern Empire's sole emperor after ...

(401–450) Operas * ''Arsace'' London, Royal Academy of Music, 1st Feb. 1721. * ''Muzio Scevola'' Act 1, London, Royal Academy of Music, 15 April 1721.

Recordings

* ''Muzio Scevola''. Palmer. * ''Handel's Rivals''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Amadei, Filippo 1670s births 18th-century deaths Italian Baroque composers Italian male classical composers 18th-century Italian composers 18th-century Italian male musicians