Biography of Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755-1824)
12.05.1755
Born in Fotanetto da Po
Studies with Pugnani
Violin virtuoso in Paris, Hamburg and London.
1819
Head of the opera in Paris
03.03.1824
Dies in London
Further information/Sources:
- → CD-Besprechung Viotti-Konzerte
- → Noten von Viotti auf imslp.org
- → CDs by/of Giovanni Battista Viotti bei JPC (mit Hörproben)
- → Music by/with Giovanni Battista Viotti at amazon.de
Sheet music for flute:
Concerto (A-Dur)
(2 flutes, piano orchestral excerpt)
Rating: mid-grade
- Allegro maestoso
- Adagio
- Allegretto
Flute Quartet in B Flat Op. 22, No. 1 (B-Dur)
(flute, violin, viola, cello)
Musica Rara, MR1168
Rating: easy
- Andante
- Allegro vivace
- Andante
- Allegretto
Only parts.
I did not know this composer, but it is a really beautiful piece of music.
Quartett II op. 22/2 (c-moll)
(flute (violin), violin, viola, cello)
Edition Reinhardt, ISMN:M-700043-27-8
Rating: mid-grade
- Moderato espressivo
- Menuetto Presto
- Allegro agitato e con fuoco
Parts and sore
Quartett III op. 22/3 (Es-Dur)
(flute, violin, viola, cello)
Edition Reinhardt, ISMN 3-497-01383-8
Rating: mid-grade
- Moderato
- Andante
- Il Pastorello; Andante tempo di Pastorale
- Allegro
Parts and score
Literature von/über Giovanni Battista Viotti
- Tonger, P. J.: Conversations-Lexikon der TonkunstBeilage der Neuen MusikzeitungKöln: Wilhelm Hassel,1910.
Last edit 02.01.2011