Gaetano Brunetti
Gaetano Brunetti or Cayetano Brunetti (1744 in Fano, Italy – 16 December 1798 near Madrid, Spain) was a prolific Italian-born composer who was active in Spain during the reigns of kings Charles III and Charles IV. In 1767, at the age of nineteen, he joined the Spanish court as violin teacher to the future Charles IV, who unlike his largely hostile father was an avid music lover.[1] As well as being musically influential at court,[1] Brunetti was a key contributor to the modernization of Spanish musical culture in the late 18th century.[2]
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.[2] A catalogue of his works compiled by Germán Labrador has been available since 2005.[2] This revealed that the U.S. Library of Congress houses almost half of the surviving manuscript scores.[2]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d "Gaetano Brunetti manuscript scores: about this collection". Library of Congress, Washington. Archived from the original on 25 August 2020.
Sources
- Belgray, Alice B. and Newell Jenkins. "Brunetti [Bruneti], Gaetano [Caetano, Cayetano]", Grove Music Online
- 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.
External links
- Free scores by Gaetano Brunetti at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Manuscript scores at the Library of Congress
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