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 in contrast to his largely hostile father was an avid music lover.[1] Though Brunetti was musically influential at court and, to a lesser extent, throughout parts of western Europe, very little of his music was published during his lifetime, and not much more has been published since his death.
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.
The dearth of modern editions of Brunetti's compositions has helped limit the number of recordings of his work, which include a collection of three symphonies performed by Concerto Köln on the Capriccio record label and a group of string quartets performed by the Schuppanzigh Quartet for CPO.
References
- ^ 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.
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.
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