Jean-Baptiste Venier was an 18th-century Parisian violinist and music publisher, active from 1750 to 1782.

Biography

Giovanni Battista Venier, Frenchified as Jean-Baptiste, of Venetian origin, moved to Paris in the 1750s.Jaime Tortella (Dir.), Luigi Boccherini: ''Diccionario de Términos, Lugares y Personas'', Madrid, Asociación Luigi Boccherini (no 3), 2008, 484 p. (, OCLC 731149670
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As a violinist, he performed at the concert spirituel and taught violin until 1782. He obtained a royal privilege for music publishing in 1755 and held until 1782, eventually selling his business to publisher

Charles-Georges Boyer Charles-Georges Boyer (1743 in Paris – 1806 or 1807 in Paris) was an 18th-century French music publisher. Biography Boyer was écuyer du Roi when he married Marie-Rose Le Menu in February 1775. In January 1778, his wife joined with her mothe ...

in 1784. First he had no shop but in 1760, his cabinet was located rue Saint-Thomas-du-Louvre, ''vis-à-vis Château d'Eau''. After September 1778, he settled rue Traversière-Saint-Honoré to no loger move. Venier published many important works, focused exclusively on instrumental music, whether symphonies, concertos and chamber music. He published in particular a series of ''Sinfonie da varii autori'', publishing many authors as we can see from the title pages of these editions. From 1757 or 1758, these symphonies were released by way of periodic, as did his colleagues Huberty and La Chevardière and sometimes in combination, but briefly. Among the composers, the Italians were

Giovanni Battista Sammartini Giovanni Battista Sammartini (c. 1700 – 15 January 1775) was an Italian composer, violinist, organist, choirmaster and teacher. He counted Gluck among his students, and was highly regarded by younger composers including Johann Christian ...

Gaetano Pugnani Gaetano Pugnani (27 November 1731 – 15 July 1798, full name: Giulio Gaetano Gerolamo Pugnani) was an Italian composer and violinist. Biography Gaetano Pugnani was born in 1731 in Turin, the city where he spent most of his life, son of Giova ...

, Luigi Boccherini, of whom he gave the Op. 2, and 4 to 9 ; between 1767 and 1772,Rudolf Rasch, ''Understanding Boccherini's Manuscripts'', Newcastle upon Tyne, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014, 236 p. (, OCLC 88024361
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the Germans, Viennese and the Bohemians were

Johann Christian Bach Johann Christian Bach (September 5, 1735 – January 1, 1782) was a German composer of the Classical period (music), Classical era, the eighteenth child of Johann Sebastian Bach, and the youngest of his eleven sons. After living in Italy for ...

, Haydn (including his Symphony No. 22, ''Der Philosoph'' with its adagio published en 1773), and others such as Filtz,

Christian Joseph Lidarti Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti (born Christian Joseph Lidarti) (Vienna 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. Whi ...

Franz Ignaz Beck Franz Ignaz Beck (20 February 1734 – 31 December 1809) was a German violinist, composer, conductor and music teacher who spent the greater part of his life in France, where he became director of the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux. Possibly the m ...

Florian Leopold Gassmann Florian Leopold Gassmann (3 May 1729 – 21 January 1774) was a German-speaking Bohemian opera composer of the transitional period between the baroque and classical eras. He was one of the principal composers of '' dramma giocoso'' immed ...

, Wagenseil,

Ignaz Fränzl Ignaz Fränzl (3 June 1736 – 6 September 1811 (buried)) was a Germans, German violinist, composer and representative of the second generation of the so-called Mannheim School. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart who heard him at a concert in Novem ...

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and Carl Joseph Toeschi, Valentin Roeser,

Josef Mysliveček Josef Mysliveček (9 March 1737 – 4 February 1781) was a Czech composer who contributed to the formation of late eighteenth-century classicism in music. Mysliveček provided his younger friend Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with significant comp ...

and

Antonín Kammel Antonín (Anthony) Kammel (21 April 1730 – 5 October 1784) was a Bohemian composer and violinist of the Classical period. He is known for his instrumental works composed primarily for strings, though he did compose a few sinfonias and divertimen ...

… Pieter van Maldere ; Gossec (''Symphonies Op. 12'') was among the French composers published by Venier. His publications are commonly available from Castaud (Lyon). Boccherini-op.5 (ed. Venier 1769)-frontispice.png, alt=page de titre, Sonates, op. 5 (Venier, 1769)

Bibliography

* Johannson, 1955 * Anik Devriès et François Lesure, ''Dictionnaire des éditeurs de musique français : Des origines a environ 1820'', vol. 1, Genève, Minkoff, coll. "Archives de l'édition musicale française" (n#4, 1), 1979, 203 p. (, OCLC 489130205) * Rudolf Rasch (dir.), ''Music Publishing in Europe 1600-1900 : Concepts and Issues Bibliography'', Berlin, Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, coll. "Musical life in Europe 1600-1900, Circulation of music" (#1), 2005, 314 p. (, OCLC 60645798
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* Michel Hild, ''Réception de la musique instrumentale allemande en France'', Lille, Atelier national de reproduction des thèses, coll. « Thèse à la carte », 2005, 410 p. (, OCLC 60452746)

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