Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello

Biography

Italian composer and violinist Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello spent much of his career in Germany. He was among the first composers to practice the new symphony genre in that country. Brescianello was quite prolific, but his life has not been well documented. In 1716, he moved to Stuttgart to take a post at the court of Eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg. One of his earliest surviving works is the pastoral opera Tisbe, which he composed in 1718. It was not recorded until 2014 when a performance was released by the historical performance group Il Gusto Barocco. Turning to composition, Brescianello published the collection 12 concerti e sinphonie, Op. 1. He also wrote a collection of 18 works for the gallichone, a type of mandora or lute. He died in Stuttgart on October 4, 1758. By the mid-2020s, some 50 of his works had been recorded.

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