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Antonio Caldara
1670-1736
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Antonio Caldara
• An Italian Baroque composer
• Died on Dec.28 1736 in Vienna
• Wrote about 3,500 works (over 90 operas, including
cantatas, and oratorios)
• Some famous works: Missa dolorasa, and
L'Olimpiade
Early life
• Born in Venice around 1670
His father was a local violinist,
but not famous.
• He was a choir boy at St.
Mark’s Cathedral
•
studied the viol, keyboard,
and cello…
This is a Viol, I thought it was
An interesting instrument
Antonio Caldara
• In Venice he began working for the Duke of Mantua
in 1699, appointed maestro di cappella
• Then went to Rome in 1708 into the service of
Cardinal Ottoboni
• 1717 moved again this time to Vienna as the vicekapellmeister under Charles VI
Personal Life
• Met his wife in Rome
• Caterina Petrolli was a vocalist (alto) they married in
May 1711
• Had two daughters : Sophia Jacobina Maria, and
Francesca Isobella Giovanna
Works
• L'Olimpiade
• Opera written in 1733
(music composed by
Caldara) libretto written by
Metastasio.
• It takes place in Greece
during the Olympic Games
• http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=YCBNo3W52Ms
Works
o sebben crudele (cruel love)
• Genre: aria
Language is in Italian, from his
1710 opera : La costanza in
amor vince l'inganno
 The opera is rarely
performed, but the aria
sebben crudele is still
popular.
• w.youtube.com/watch?v=X
d8FVrWdUac
References
•
Overview Antonio Caldara (c. 1670—
1736)http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110
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YouTubehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDYkBlWbncshttp://www.
youtube.com/watch?v=YCBNo3W52Ms
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David Charlton copywright
1998http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/acc/caldara.php
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Antonio Caldara : essays on his life and times (author : Brian W. Pitchard,
publisher: Aldershot : Scolar Press, 1987)
•
Google Scholar: Antonio Caldara The Cantatas
Revisitedhttp://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1002709?uid=3739928&
uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21101435256723