Antonio Sacchini (1730-1786) - Sinfonia in Re maggiore

Buon compleanno Antonio Sacchini! 🎭🎵 Composer: Antonio Sacchini (1730-1786) Work: Sinfonia in Re maggiore Performers: Orchestra da Camera di Napoli https://tinyurl.com/mryzp5rw Painting: Thomas Patch (1725-1782) - The Arno with the Ponte Santa Trinita, Florence HD image: https://flic.kr/p/2sidFfu Painting: Elisabeth Vigee-Le Brun (1755-1842) - Portrait of Antonio Maria Gaspare Sacchini HD image: https://flic.kr/p/2mZKFiU Further info: https://www.discogs.com/sell/list?mas... Listen free: https://open.spotify.com/album/5ZzcHc... --- Antonio (Maria Gasparo Gioacchino) Sacchini [Sachgini, Sacini, Zacchini et al.] (Florence, 14 June 1730 - Paris, 6 October 1786) Italian composer. He was taken by his father at an early age to Naples, where he studied violin under Nicola Fiorenza and composition under Francesco Durante at the Conservatorio Santa Maria di Loreto. In 1756 he composed his first opera, Fra Donato, which launched his career as a composer of opera in Italy. Although he served for several years as an assistant maestro di cappella at the conservatory, he abandoned his teaching profession by 1763 to concentrate on commissions from throughout the country, eventually establishing a reputation as a dramatic and talented composer. In 1768 while in Venice he became director of the Conservatorio dell’Ospedaletto, teaching singing to students such as Nancy Storace. In 1772 he moved to London, where he obtained a great success with his operas but was known for a dissolute lifestyle. This forced Sacchini to travel to Paris in 1781, where he was caught in the middle of the feud between Niccolò Piccinni and Christoph Willibald von Gluck, both of whose partisans condemned him as a member of the other’s faction. In 1786 he produced his most enduring work, Oedip à Colonne, at the request of Marie Antoinette, but his early death from his lifestyle and acute gout prevented him from realizing its success. As a composer, Sacchini was known for his dramatic musical style, particularly in serious opera. He was able to move fluidly between both the Italian and French styles, often using varied forms and progressive harmonic structures. His works include 47 operas, seven oratorios, two symphonies, six string quartets, six trio sonatas, and 12 violin sonatas or lessons, in addition to numerous insertion arias, Masses, motets, Psalms, and other sacred works.