At this time he had started work on his Requiem that was completed in the following year. The String Quartet in E minor was composed in 1873 while Verdi was in Naples for a production of Aida. While his output includes a good number of non-operatic choral and vocal works his instrumental music is not often performed and consequently less known. Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) is one of the great composers of opera and composed more than 25. The gentle rocking of the siciliana is contrasted to the final Passacaglia by Lodovico Roncalli composed in 1692 the movement is marked Maestoso-Vivace (majestic and very fast). This is followed by Siciliana, again by an anonymous 16th century composer and is marked Andantino. The second Arie di corte (court airs) by Jean-Baptiste Besard is marked Andantino cantabile but travels through a number of tempo changes. The first Italiana by an anonymous 16th century composer is marked Andantino. The third suite comprises arrangements of four pieces. Respighi also produced a version of this work for string quartet. The first two suites are for full orchestra while the third suite is for strings alone. The three suites Antiche danze ed arie per liuto (Ancient Dances and Airs for Lute) are arrangements of lute pieces from the 16th and 17th centuries.
The three colourful and evocative symphonic poems, Fontane di Roma (Fountains of Rome) 1916, Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome) 1924, and Feste romane (Roman Festivals) 1928 are constantly in the concert repertoire. Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936) was an Italian composer and musicologist and is most remembered for his symphonic poems and orchestral suites. The final Allegro opens with a series of contrapuntal entries with the repeated notes of the opening subject provide drive and impetus throughout the movement. The Concerto Grosso Op 3 No 3 is one of his most popular works, consisting of four movements. The concerto grosso was a popular form at the time and contrasts a small group of instruments ( concertino) against a larger group ( ripieno). Developing the earlier work of Corelli, Geminiani contributed to the form of the concerto grosso publishing two sets (Op 2 and Op 3) in 1732. He was an influential writer and teacher whose writings include Rules for Playing in a True Taste (1748), A Treatise of Good Taste in the Art of Musick (1749) and the influential treatise on contemporary practice The Art of Playing on the Violin (1751).Ī contemporary of Handel, he was a student of Arcangelo Corelli and Alessandro Scarlatti.
The Italian composer Francesco Geminiani (1687–1762) lived most of his life in London and later Dublin.
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