Carlo Mannelli
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Carlo Mannelli was an Italian violinist, castrato
and composer.
, who often played under Mannelli and who gradually replaced him between 1682 and 1690 as the first concertino violinist, described him as one of his most influential teachers. Additionally, he counted him with Carlo Ambrogio Lonati
and Lelio Colista
among the "più valorosi professori musici di Roma", as cited in preface of his Opus 1.
For several years, he was leader of the Congregetione di S. Cecilia, a musical organisation enduring till these days. When he died unmarried, in 1697, he left his not negligible assets to the congregation. The donation was provided for members with lesser income and it ran out only towards the end of the 18th century.
Castrato
A castrato is a man with a singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto voice produced either by castration of the singer before puberty or one who, because of an endocrinological condition, never reaches sexual maturity.Castration before puberty prevents a boy's...
and composer.
Life
Mannelli spent major part of his life in Rome where he also worked during the opera performances and religious events. As a violinist nicknamed Carlo del Violino, he played the first violin in the most famous Roman musical ensemble of those times. Arcangelo CorelliArcangelo Corelli
Arcangelo Corelli was an Italian violinist and composer of Baroque music.-Biography:Corelli was born at Fusignano, in the current-day province of Ravenna, although at the time it was in the province of Ferrara. Little is known about his early life...
, who often played under Mannelli and who gradually replaced him between 1682 and 1690 as the first concertino violinist, described him as one of his most influential teachers. Additionally, he counted him with Carlo Ambrogio Lonati
Carlo Ambrogio Lonati
Carlo Ambrogio Lonati also Lunati; was an Italian composer, violinist and singer. Francesco Maria Veracini described him in 1760 as one of the most virtuoso violinist of his century.- Life :...
and Lelio Colista
Lelio Colista
Lelio Colista was an Italian Baroque composer and lutenist.Funded by his father, who held an important position in the Vatican library, Colista early received an excellent musical education, probably at the Seminario Romano. He masterly managed several instruments, especially the lute and theorbo...
among the "più valorosi professori musici di Roma", as cited in preface of his Opus 1.
For several years, he was leader of the Congregetione di S. Cecilia, a musical organisation enduring till these days. When he died unmarried, in 1697, he left his not negligible assets to the congregation. The donation was provided for members with lesser income and it ran out only towards the end of the 18th century.
Works
Except one of his Sinfonie a violino solo (c. 1666), which survived in manuscript, his other works are missing. Although 300 works are known in his estate, including 86 violin sonatas, 24 trio sonatas, 58 sinfonias for 3 violins and basso continuo and a few vocal works. Also there exist references to a work Studio del Violino, which is, however, also missing.List of selected works
- Primo Libro de Sinfonie con violino e Basso continuo
- Sonate e tre, due violini con il basso per l'organo Op. 2 (Rome 1682)
- Sonata a tre, due violini con il basso per l'organo Op. 3 (Rome 1692)