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[[File:Sestetto brunetti.JPG|thumb|300px|Score of Brunetti's oboe sextet no. 1 of 1796 (Spanish copy {{circa}}1800, [[Biblioteca Palatina]], Parma). Many of Brunetti's compositions were written for the chamber ensemble of King Charles IV of Spain, and very few were published.<ref name=Grove/>]]
[[File:Sestetto brunetti.JPG|thumb|300px|Score of Brunetti's oboe sextet no. 1 of 1796 (Spanish copy {{circa}}1800, [[Biblioteca Palatina]], Parma). Many of Brunetti's compositions were written for the chamber ensemble of King Charles IV of Spain, and very few were published.<ref name=Grove/>]]
'''Gaetano''' (or '''Cayetano'''<ref name=MúsicaHispania>{{cite web |title=Cayetano Brunetti (1744-1798) |url=http://www.musicadehispania.net/2013/05/cayetano-brunetti-1744-1798.html |website=Música de Hispania |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903233532/http://www.musicadehispania.net/2013/05/cayetano-brunetti-1744-1798.html |archive-date=3 September 2023 |language=es |date=2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>) '''Brunetti''' (1744 in [[Fano]], Italy &ndash; 16 December 1798, [[Colmenar de Oreja]],<ref name=Grove>{{Cite Grove |last1=Belgray, A |last2=Jenkins, N |date=2001 |title=Brunetti [Bruneti], Gaetano |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.04179}}</ref> Madrid, Spain) was a [[Chronological list of Italian classical composers#Classical era|Italian-born composer]] who was active in Spain [[History of Spain (1700–1808)#Italian experience, ascension to the Spanish throne|during the reigns]] of kings [[Charles III of Spain|Charles III]] and [[Charles IV of Spain|Charles IV]]. As well as being musically influential at court,<ref name=Pesic2019/> Brunetti was a key contributor to the modernization of Spanish musical culture in the late 18th century.<ref name=LOC/>
'''Gaetano''' (or '''Cayetano'''<ref name=MúsicaHispania>{{cite web |title=Cayetano Brunetti (1744-1798) |url=http://www.musicadehispania.net/2013/05/cayetano-brunetti-1744-1798.html |website=Música de Hispania |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903233532/http://www.musicadehispania.net/2013/05/cayetano-brunetti-1744-1798.html |archive-date=3 September 2023 |language=es |date=2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>) '''Brunetti''' (1744 in [[Fano]], Italy &ndash; 16 December 1798, [[Colmenar de Oreja]],<ref name=Grove>{{Cite Grove |last1=Belgray, A |last2=Jenkins, N |date=2001 |title=Brunetti [Bruneti], Gaetano |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.04179}}</ref> Madrid, Spain) was an [[Chronological list of Italian classical composers#Classical era|Italian-born composer]] who was active in Spain [[History of Spain (1700–1808)#Italian experience, ascension to the Spanish throne|during the reigns]] of kings [[Charles III of Spain|Charles III]] and [[Charles IV of Spain|Charles IV]]. As well as being musically influential at court,<ref name=Pesic2019/> Brunetti was a key contributor to the modernization of Spanish musical culture in the late 18th century.<ref name=LOC/>


As a boy, he appears to have studied the violin in [[Livorno]] with [[Pietro Nardini]], before moving to Madrid with his parents by 1762.<ref name=Grove/> He joined the [[Royal Palace of Madrid|Spanish court]] as a violinist in the Royal Chapel in 1769.<ref name="Labrador2019">{{cite journal |last1=Labrador López de Azcona |first1=Germán |title=Gaetano Brunetti (1744-1798), compositor y maestro de música de Carlos IV |journal=Quodlibet: revista de especialización musical |date=2019 |url=https://ebuah.uah.es/dspace/bitstream/handle/10017/40823/gaetano_labrador_QB_2019.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |language=es |issn=1134-8615}}</ref> He also became violin teacher to the future Charles IV (then [[Prince of Asturias]]), who unlike his father was an avid music lover.<ref name=Pesic2019>{{cite journal |last1=Pesic |first1=Peter |title=Music, melancholia, and mania: Gaetano Brunetti's obsessional symphony |journal=19th-Century Music |date=2019 |volume=43 |issue=2 |pages=67–85 |doi=10.1525/ncm.2019.43.2.67 |url=https://online.ucpress.edu/ncm/article-abstract/43/2/67/109545/Music-Melancholia-and-Mania-Gaetano-Brunetti-s |language=en |issn=0148-2076}}</ref> In 1788, when Charles IV came to the throne, Brunetti took charge of a newly formed royal ensemble, for which he composed prolifically and also programmed works by European composers of the day, such as [[Joseph Haydn]].<ref name=Grove/>
As a boy, he appears to have studied the violin in [[Livorno]] with [[Pietro Nardini]], before moving to Madrid with his parents by 1762.<ref name=Grove/> He joined the [[Royal Palace of Madrid|Spanish court]] as a violinist in the Royal Chapel in 1769.<ref name="Labrador2019">{{cite journal |last1=Labrador López de Azcona |first1=Germán |title=Gaetano Brunetti (1744-1798), compositor y maestro de música de Carlos IV |journal=Quodlibet: revista de especialización musical |date=2019 |url=https://ebuah.uah.es/dspace/bitstream/handle/10017/40823/gaetano_labrador_QB_2019.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |language=es |issn=1134-8615}}</ref> He also became violin teacher to the future Charles IV (then [[Prince of Asturias]]), who unlike his father was an avid music lover.<ref name=Pesic2019>{{cite journal |last1=Pesic |first1=Peter |title=Music, melancholia, and mania: Gaetano Brunetti's obsessional symphony |journal=19th-Century Music |date=2019 |volume=43 |issue=2 |pages=67–85 |doi=10.1525/ncm.2019.43.2.67 |url=https://online.ucpress.edu/ncm/article-abstract/43/2/67/109545/Music-Melancholia-and-Mania-Gaetano-Brunetti-s |language=en |issn=0148-2076}}</ref> In 1788, when Charles IV came to the throne, Brunetti took charge of a newly formed royal ensemble, for which he composed prolifically and also programmed works by European composers of the day, such as [[Joseph Haydn]].<ref name=Grove/>

Revision as of 12:30, 2 January 2024

Score of Brunetti's oboe sextet no. 1 of 1796 (Spanish copy c.1800, Biblioteca Palatina, Parma). Many of Brunetti's compositions were written for the chamber ensemble of King Charles IV of Spain, and very few were published.[1]

Gaetano (or Cayetano[2]) Brunetti (1744 in Fano, Italy – 16 December 1798, Colmenar de Oreja,[1] Madrid, Spain) was an Italian-born composer who was active in Spain during the reigns of kings Charles III and Charles IV. As well as being musically influential at court,[3] Brunetti was a key contributor to the modernization of Spanish musical culture in the late 18th century.[4]

As a boy, he appears to have studied the violin in Livorno with Pietro Nardini, before moving to Madrid with his parents by 1762.[1] He joined the Spanish court as a violinist in the Royal Chapel in 1769.[5] He also became violin teacher to the future Charles IV (then Prince of Asturias), who unlike his father was an avid music lover.[3] In 1788, when Charles IV came to the throne, Brunetti took charge of a newly formed royal ensemble, for which he composed prolifically and also programmed works by European composers of the day, such as Joseph Haydn.[1]

The majority of Brunetti's output (451 pieces) consists of chamber music designed for small ensembles and symphonies for the royal chamber orchestra. With its graceful melodies and periodic phrasing, his music respects early classical forms and conventions but also incorporates more progressive and eclectic elements.

Little of his music was published during his lifetime.[4] A catalogue of his works compiled by Germán Labrador has been available since 2005.[4] This revealed that the U.S. Library of Congress houses almost half of the surviving manuscript scores.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Belgray, A; Jenkins, N (2001). "Brunetti [Bruneti], Gaetano". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.04179. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.
  2. ^ "Cayetano Brunetti (1744-1798)". Música de Hispania (in Spanish). 2013. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b Pesic, Peter (2019). "Music, melancholia, and mania: Gaetano Brunetti's obsessional symphony". 19th-Century Music. 43 (2): 67–85. doi:10.1525/ncm.2019.43.2.67. ISSN 0148-2076.
  4. ^ a b c d "Gaetano Brunetti manuscript scores: about this collection". Library of Congress, Washington. Archived from the original on 25 August 2020.
  5. ^ Labrador López de Azcona, Germán (2019). "Gaetano Brunetti (1744-1798), compositor y maestro de música de Carlos IV" (PDF). Quodlibet: revista de especialización musical (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-8615.

Sources

  • Labrador, Germán. Gaetano Brunetti (1744-1798), Catálogo crítico, temático y cronológico, Madrid, AEDOM, 2005.

Further reading

  • Brunetti, Gaetano (1979). Jenkins, Newell (ed.). Nine symphonies : 9, 16, 20, 21, 26, 28, 34, 35, 36. New York: Garland Publishing. ISBN 0-8240-3801-0. OCLC 5838860.


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