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Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti (born Christian Joseph Lidarti) (
''Lidarti: Violin Concertos''
(CD booklet). Hyperion Records CDA67685
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 {{Austria-composer-stub
Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti (born Christian Joseph Lidarti) (Vienna
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23 February 1730 – Pisa
Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the cit ...
(?) after 1793) was an Austrian composer, born in Vienna of Italian descent.
Life
Lidarti was a nephew of the VienneseKapellmeister
(, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...
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
Niccolò Jommelli (; 10 September 1714 – 25 August 1774) was an Italian composer of the Neapolitan School. Along with other composers mainly in the Holy Roman Empire and France, he was responsible for certain operatic reforms including redu ...
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
Charles Burney (7 April 1726 – 12 April 1814) was an English music historian, composer and musician. He was the father of the writers Frances Burney and Sarah Burney, of the explorer James Burney, and of Charles Burney, a classicist a ...
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 concerto
A concerto (; plural ''concertos'', or ''concerti'' from the Italian plural) is, from the late Baroque era, mostly understood as an instrumental composition, written for one or more soloists accompanied by an orchestra or other ensemble. The typi ...
s.
''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
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, ...
. 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 performe ...
, 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
Friedemann Layer (30 October 1941 – 3 November 2019) was an Austrian conductor. He was assistant to Herbert von Karajan in Ulm and to Karl Böhm. In 1989, he conducted a film version of ''Der Schauspieldirektor'', with Zdzisława Donat and Chri ...
. 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 {{Austria-composer-stub