Giovanni Battista Borghi
Giovanni Battista Borghi
Genres: italian, 18th century
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About Giovanni Battista Borghi
Giovanni Battista Borghi (Camerino , August 25 1738 - Loreto , February 25 1796) was an Italian composer. He received his musical training from 1757 to 1759 at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini of Naples . Later he served as Kapellmeister from 13 September 1759 and 15 January 1778 at Cattadrele of Orvieto and from 1778 until his death at the Holy House of Loreto , so going to the theorist and composer Andrea Basili . In addition, since 1759 he was frequently traveling to represent their works in Venice , Florence , Rome and other Italian cities (it is not certain that he also stayed in Vienna and in Russia ). In the first 15 years of operatic villages see the light of an equal number of comic operas ( farces and interludes ) and series of works ( operas ), and from 1777 onwards he was occupied exclusively opera seria. His operas, especially those of the 70s , are characterized by arias extremely long, short and third acts cavatinas, long ballet duets and trios and conclude that the first and second act; However, the series works composed in the 90s have several changes: the introduction becomes part of the work itself, the recitatives accompanied increase and the chorus takes on an increasingly greater. His comic opera, however, start with introductions static, proceed with an alternating sequence of recitatives and arias and conclude with an ending that shows an increasing number of parts. Borghi was a typical representative of the eighteenth century and its style, thanks to its clarity and lightness, it was much appreciated by his contemporaries. In fact, he described it as the impartial Basili not learned, nor the original composer, but a skilled craftsman, who, seconding the predominant flavor ... met, more often than not, the public's favor.
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