Giuseppe Maria Jacchini (16 July 1667http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/14014 Oxford Music Online in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

– 2 May 1727) was an Italian cellist and composer.

Life

Jacchini received his musical training as a choirboy in the

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in Bologna. There he studied composition with

Giacomo Antonio Perti Giacomo Antonio Perti (6 June 1661 – 10 April 1756) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. He was mainly active at Bologna, where he was ''Maestro di Cappella'' for sixty years. He was the teacher of Giuseppe Torelli and Giovanni Bat ...

and

Domenico Gabrielli Domenico Gabrielli (15 April 1651 or 19 October 1659 – 10 July 1690) was an Italian Baroque composer and one of the earliest known virtuoso cello players, as well as a pioneer of cello music writing. Born in Bologna, he worked in the orchestra of ...

. Later Jacchini became a cellist in the "cappella musicale" of the San Petronio Basilica. He is possibly the "Giosefo del Violonzino" referred to in the period from 1680 to 1688. He composed mainly instrumental music with cello, violin, and keyboard continuo. He dedicated his opus 4 to Bolognese Count and composer

Pirro Albergati Count Pirro Capacelli Albergati (20 September 1663 – 22 June 1735) was an Italian aristocrat, and amateur composer. Albergati was born in Bologna. The Albergatis were one of the most eminent families of the Bolognese nobility, and Count Pi ...

, who had campaigned for Jacchini's permanent position in the orchestra of the cathedral of Bologna. Jacchini became a member of the prestigious " Accademia Filarmonica" on 16 December 1688. He also served as conductor of the "Collegio dei Nobili" and the church of S. Luigi. His cello works helped to strengthen the position of the cello as a solo instrument. As an excellent companion he played frequently at the theater in the city. His trumpet concertos prepared for celebrations at the San Petronio Basilica are in the tradition of the works of his teacher Perti,

Giuseppe Torelli Giuseppe Torelli (22 April 1658 – 8 February 1709) was an Italian violist, violinist, teacher, and composer of the middle Baroque era. Torelli is most remembered for contributing to the development of the instrumental concerto., especially con ...

and Petronio Franceschini.

Works

* 12 "Sonate a Violoncello solo violin and cello ea per camera" Op. 1 (Bologna to 1692) * 12 "Sonata per camera a violini e Violoncello" Op. 2 (Bologna, around 1695) * "Concerti per camera a violino e violoncello solo e nel fine due sonate a violoncello solo col basso" Op. 3 (Fortuniano Rosati, Modena, 1697) * 10 "Concerti per camera ..con violoncello obligato" Op. 4 (Bologna, 1701) * Sonata for Trumpet and Strings (Bologna, 1695) * "Trattenimenti per camera a 3, 4, 5, e 6 strumenti con alcuni a una e due trombe": Op. 5 (Bologna, 1703)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jacchini, Giuseppe Maria 1667 births 1727 deaths Italian classical cellists 17th-century Italian composers 18th-century Italian composers Italian male composers Musicians from Bologna 17th-century male musicians