Attilio Ariosti
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6 Cantatas and 6 Viola d'Amore LessonsA
A te bella cagionAl tribunal d'AmoreAl voler del bene amatoAmarissime peneAquilio consoloArtaserseB
Belle stille che grondateC
Caio Marzio CoriolanoChe mi giova esser ReginaChe sento Irene amataChe si puo farChe ti fece mai quest'almaCieco Nume alato ArcieroCon troppo rigoreCosì tosto o mio bel soleD
DarioDi valle in monteE
E in sen mi restaEcco che già ritornaG
Genio, che amar voleaI
I gloriosi presagi di Scipione AfricanoIl più fiero dolorIl VespasianoIncolte piante erbe odoroseInsoffribile tormentoL
La madre dei MaccabeiLa PassioneLa profezia d'Eliseo nell'assedio di SamariaLezione 3 in E minorLezione 4 in F majorLezione 5 in E minorLezione 6 in D majorLisetta mi tradistiLontananza crudelLuci voi siete quelleLungi son io dal caro mioLungo un placido rioM
Mentre dormi à NiceMorto è Amor Ninfe piangeteN
Nice quella severaNon v'è pena maggior del mio tormentoO
O quam suavis estOh miseria d'amante coreP
Pastori o voi ch'in pianto stillate gl'occhi nostriPur al fin gentil ViolaQ
Qual cara fiamma io sentaQuando Nice era fideQuanti sospiri quanti crudel martiriQuel Angel che scioltoR
Recueil de piècesS
Se lontan stà l'Idol mioSe t’offesi o bella IreneSento dirmi con placideSento il cor che dice speraSenza te dolce tirannoT
Tante e tante del cielU
Un barbaro rigorÈ
È pur dolce a un cor legatoWikipediaAttilio Malachia Ariosti (or Frate Ottavio) (5 November 1666 – 1729) was a Servite Friar and Italian composer in the Baroque style, born in Bologna. He produced more than 30 operas and oratorios, numerous cantatas and instrumental works.
Ariosti was born into the middle class. He became a monk in 1688 at age 22, but he soon obtained permission to leave the order and become a composer in the court of the Duke of Mantua and Monferrato. He became a deacon in 1692, the same year he achieved the post of organist at Santa Maria dei Servi in Bologna.
In 1697, he went to Berlin at the request of Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Queen of Prussia, a great-granddaughter of James I of England and daughter of the Electress Sophia of Hanover, an enlightened patroness of the arts with a keen interest in music. After enjoying the favor of the Queen, Ariosti wrote and collaborated in the writing of a number of stage works performed for the court in Berlin. He resided in Berlin as the court composer until 1703. A portrait painting of Ariosti, by Anthoni Schoonjans (1655-1726), is still present in Charlottenburg Palace.
His first opera was performed in Venice in 1697. From 1703 to 1709 he was the General Austrian Agent for Italy, during the reign of Joseph I. After 1716 he achieved enormous success in Paris and London. In London, he shared with Georg Frideric Handel and
Giovanni Bononcini the directorship of the Royal Academy of Music, and he played the viola d’amore in an entr’acte in Handel’s
Amadigi di Gaula. In 1724 he published a Collection of Cantatas, and Lessons for the Viola d'Amour, which he sold by subscription. This publication may have been the most successful sale of music by subscription in the 18th century.
Although he could sing, write drama, play the violoncello and harpsichord; his favorite instrument was the viola d'amore, for which he wrote 21 solo sonatas. These are usually called the Stockholm Sonatas, as the sole surviving source for most of them is in the Statens Musikbibliotek in Stockholm, Sweden. The Stockholm Sonatas display Ariosti's liking for surprising harmonies, his inventive use of silence, and his wit.
The best known is "La Passione di Cristo" (Vienna, 1709)
Altogether 23 operas, among them: