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== Life ==
'''Giovanni Mossi''' (c. 1680 in [[Rome]] &ndash; 1742 in Rome) was an Italian [[baroque music|baroque]] composer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Maunder |first=C. R. F. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-rzzkSX7TMgC&dq=Giovanni+Mossi+1680&pg=PA76 |title=The Scoring of Baroque Concertos |date=2004 |publisher=Boydell Press |isbn=978-1-84383-071-9 |pages=76 |language=en}}</ref>


==Life==
An Italian baroque composer for whom many of the details of his life appear to be lost, Giovanni Mossi was active in Rome around 1700 and is grouped stylistically with the 'Roman school' of the period, along with others such as [[Giuseppe Valentini]]. From what can be observed in his extant works, he appears to have been a skilled and innovative composer.
Born in 1680,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sgaria |first=G |title=Giovanni Mossi, musicista romano del primo settecento. In: Intorno a Locatelli |publisher=Lucca |year=1995 |editor-last=Dunning |editor-first=A |pages=1155–67}}</ref> many of the details of the life of Giovanni Mossi appear to be lost. Mossi was active in Rome around 1700 and is grouped stylistically with the "Roman school" of the period, along with others such as [[Giuseppe Valentini]]. He was known as a regular violinist at productions by Ottoboni, Pamphilj, and Ruspoli.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=McVeigh |first1=Simon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aeGayu9EMkMC&dq=Giovanni+Mossi+1680&pg=PA156 |title=The Italian Solo Concerto, 1700-1760: Rhetorical Strategies and Style History |last2=Hirshberg |first2=Jehoash |date=2004 |publisher=Boydell Press |isbn=978-1-84383-092-4 |pages=156 |language=en}}</ref> From what can be observed in his extant works, he appears to have been a skilled and innovative composer. He is most known for his collection of violin sonatas.<ref name=":0" />


==Selected Works==
==Selected works==
* Op. 1: 12 sonate per violino, violone o clavicembalo (1716)
* Op. 2: 8 concerti a 3 e a 5 (c. 1720)
* Op. 3: 6 concerti a 6 (c. 1720)
* Op. 4: 12 concerti (1727)
* Op. 5: 12 sonate o sinfonie per violino e violoncello (1727)
* Op. 6: 12 sonate da camera per violino, violoncello o clavicembalo (1733)
* Minuetto in la maggiore


==References==
* ''Concerti Grossi Opus 4'' (1726)
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*{{cite book|author=John H. Baron|title=Chamber Music: A Research and Information Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p6miYGKhYpMC&pg=PA414|year=2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-93736-8|pages=414–}}


==External links==
* {{IMSLP|id=Mossi, Giovanni}}


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Latest revision as of 03:23, 1 December 2024

Giovanni Mossi (c. 1680 in Rome – 1742 in Rome) was an Italian baroque composer.[1]

Life

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Born in 1680,[2] many of the details of the life of Giovanni Mossi appear to be lost. Mossi was active in Rome around 1700 and is grouped stylistically with the "Roman school" of the period, along with others such as Giuseppe Valentini. He was known as a regular violinist at productions by Ottoboni, Pamphilj, and Ruspoli.[3] From what can be observed in his extant works, he appears to have been a skilled and innovative composer. He is most known for his collection of violin sonatas.[1]

Selected works

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  • Op. 1: 12 sonate per violino, violone o clavicembalo (1716)
  • Op. 2: 8 concerti a 3 e a 5 (c. 1720)
  • Op. 3: 6 concerti a 6 (c. 1720)
  • Op. 4: 12 concerti (1727)
  • Op. 5: 12 sonate o sinfonie per violino e violoncello (1727)
  • Op. 6: 12 sonate da camera per violino, violoncello o clavicembalo (1733)
  • Minuetto in la maggiore

References

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  1. ^ a b Maunder, C. R. F. (2004). The Scoring of Baroque Concertos. Boydell Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-84383-071-9.
  2. ^ Sgaria, G (1995). Dunning, A (ed.). Giovanni Mossi, musicista romano del primo settecento. In: Intorno a Locatelli. Lucca. pp. 1155–67.
  3. ^ McVeigh, Simon; Hirshberg, Jehoash (2004). The Italian Solo Concerto, 1700-1760: Rhetorical Strategies and Style History. Boydell Press. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-84383-092-4.
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