Biography of Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739)
24.07.1686
Born in Venice, his brother Alessandro became a composer, too.
Student of Gasparini and Lotti
1711
After studying law he became judge at the council of fourty in Venice
1712
Member of Accademia Filarmonica in Bologna
1730
Provisor of the republic of Venice in Pola
1738
Chamberlain in Brescia
25.07.1739
Dies in Brescia (or 24.07.)
Further information/Sources:
- → CDs by/of Benedetto Marcello bei JPC (mit Hörproben)
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Sheet music for flute:
Sonate (G-Dur)
(flute, piano)
Zimmermann, ZM 1017
Rating: easy
- Largo
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Allegro (vivace)
Sonate (a-moll)
(flute (alto recorder (violin)), cello, piano)
Noetzel Edition, N 3278
Rating: easy
- Largo
- Allegro
- Largo
- Allegro
- Minuet
First and second movement I did play. Both are easy to play, nice music and possible to do with organ accompaniment.
Sonaten I Op. 2, Nr. 1
(flute (alto recorder (violin)), cello, piano)
Bärenreiter, HM151
Rating: mid-grade
- Sonata F-Dur (Adagio - Allegro - Largo - Allegro)
- Sonata d-moll (Adagio - Allegro - Largo - Allegro)
The 12 Sonatas were first printed 1712 by G. Sale in Venice
Sonaten II op. 2
(flute (alto recorder (violin)), cello, piano)
Bärenreiter, HM 142
Rating: easy
- Sonata g-moll (Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - A tempo giusto Presto)
- Sonata e-moll (Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro)
Sonaten III op. 2
(flute/alto recorder/violin, cello, piano)
Bärenreiter, HM 152
Rating: mid-grade
- Sonate C-Dur (Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - A tempo giusto vivace)
- Sonate B-Dur (Largo - Allegro - Gavotta Allegro - Minuet)
CDs with/from Benedetto Marcello
Bruno Canino, Severino Gazzelloni, Donato Renzetti, RTSI Orchestra - Orchestra della Radiotelevisione
- Allegro (02:23:00)
- Largo (02:55:00)
- Allegro (01:58:00)
- Allegro non molto (03:56:00)
- Largo cantabile (03:08:00)
- Allegro (01:32:00)
- Adagio (02:30:00)
- Allegro (01:46:00)
- Largo (01:12:00)
- Allegro vivo (01:17:00)
- Larghetto (02:51:00)
- Allegro (02:12:00)
- Larghetto (02:22:00)
- A tempo di Gavotti (01:20:00)
- Allegro (01:26:00)
- Entrata (Allegro) (05:06:00)
- Tempo die ordinario di Minuetto (03:42:00)
- Molto allegro (02:04:00)
- Andante con variazioni (05:45:00)
- Allegro scherzando e vivace (01:51:00)
- Adagio (01:40:00)
- Allegro vivace e disinvolto (03:37:00)
- Edgar Varèse: Density 21.5 for solo flute (04:00:00)
- Kazuo Fukushima: Ekagra for Flute and Piano (07:02:00)
- Goffredo Petrassi: Souffle for flute (09:03:00)
Antonio Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in G major Op. 10 No. 4 P.104:
Antonio Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in F major Op. 10 No. 5 P. 262:
Benedetto Marcello: Sonata in F major for flute and b.c. Op. 2 No. 1:
Georg Friedrich Händel: Sonata in C major for Flute and b.c. Op. 1 No. 7:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Serenade in D major for Flute and Piano Op. 41:
Literature von/über Benedetto Marcello
- Flöteninstrumente und ihre Baugeschichte - Spielpraxis - Komponisten und ihre Werke - Interpreten1. edition Laaber: Laaber-Verlag,2009. - ISBN: 978-3-89007-545-7
- Tonger, P. J.: Conversations-Lexikon der TonkunstBeilage der Neuen MusikzeitungKöln: Wilhelm Hassel,1910.
Last edit 10.05.2020