Giuseppe Maria Nelvi (1698–1756) was an Italian composer of sacred music, opera, and oratorio. He was born in Bologna, where he also received his musical education, studying under Angelo Bertalotti, Floriano Aresti, Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, and Angelo Predieri. In 1718, at the age of 20, he was appointed maestro di cappella at the Confraternity of Santa Maria della Morte and in 1722 became a member of the Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna. In 1727 he went to Ukraine to serve as the music director for General Stanisław Mateusz Rzewuski, a post previously held by Giovanni Antonio Ricieri. He returned to Italy in 1730 where he remained for a year before going to Germany. There he worked in Frankfurt and Hamburg and was the composer to the Thurn und Taxis court in Regensburg, a post which he held until 1734. On his return to Bologna he was made a "Principe" (Prince) of the Accademia Filarmonica. From 1738 until his death he was maestro di cappella of the Cathedral of Orvieto.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ Mioli, Piero. "Il graduale di Petronio Archived 2016-05-08 at the Wayback Machine. La musica a Bologna nella storia. Bologna Youth Chamber Orchestra. Retrieved 1 April 2016 (in Italian).
- ^ Nasritdinova, Heike. "Nelvi, Giuseppe Maria" Archived 2016-04-16 at the Wayback Machine. Oberpfälzer Kulturbund. Retrieved 1 April 2016 (in German).
Further reading
edit- Callegari, Laura (1983). "Tra Bologna e la Polonia: Giuseppe Maria Nelvi, Accademico Filarmonico". Quadrivium, Vol. XXIV.