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This book is a full-length biography in English of Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755–1824), one of the great violinist-composers in the history of music, and arguably the most influential violinist who ever lived. He rose from humble origins as a blacksmith's son in a village near Turin, Italy, and early studies with Gaetano Pugnani, to a triumphant international career, particularly in Paris and London. His multifarious career as concert performer, composer, teacher, opera theater director, and impresario was played out against the backdrop of a dramatically changing world: from the ancien régime patronage of an Italian prince and the Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, to the commercial and box-office–centered institutions of the early 19th century. Viotti's life was intensely dramatic. He knew tragedy as well as success: he was forced to flee the French Revolution, he was exiled from England for an extended period, his attempt to establish himself in business met with failure, and he died heavily in debt. His correspondence with an English family, the Chinnerys, with whom he was intimately associated for the last half of his life, provides an unusually revealing glimpse into his personal life. Viotti's biography is not without its mysteries, among which is his renunciation, twice in his life, of public performance. This study is based on extensive documentary research, much of it here revealed for the first time. Viotti's works are considered in the context of his life. Eleven appendices include translations of various Viotti-related archival documents, and additional information on Viotti's siblings, his places of residence, his violins, his unfinished violin method, and financial matters

Art · Art history · Biography · Context (archaeology · Humanities · Literature · Performing arts · Period (music · Tragedy (event · Diverse Musicological Studies · Musicology and Musical Analysis · 1755-1824 · Composers · Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755-1824) · Italy · Violinists · Viotti, Giovanni Battista · History

• Between Acts

  Open Access•Maruša Zupančič•Musicological Annual•2023

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• Listening in Paris

  James Harvey Johnson•Listening in Paris•1995

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• The diamond necklace affair revisited

  Rory Browne•Renaissance and Modern Studies•1989

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• New Light on the Mozarts' London Visit

  Ian Woodfield•Music and Letters•1995

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• New Light on the Early Career of G. B. Viotti

  Warwick Lister•Music and Letters•2002

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• Spohr and the Baton

  Arthur Jacobs•Music and Letters•1950

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• Domenico Dragonetti in England (1794-1846)

  Fiona M Palmer•Domenico Dragonetti in England…•1997

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• Prince Henry of Prussia, Brother of Frederick the Great

  Alfred Vagts, Chester V Easum•The American Historical Review•1943

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• L'orchestre de la Société Olympique en 1786

  Jean-Luc Quoy-Bodin•Revue de musicologie•1984

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• Quelques lettres de Viotti a Baillot

  Marc Pincherle•Revue de musicologie•1924

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• Les debuts de la Musique de chambre en France (fin)

  L De La Laurencie•Revue de musicologie•1934

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• Les Debuts de Viotti comme directeur de l'Opera en 1819

  Lionel De La Laurencie•Revue de musicologie•1924

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• Amateur Music-Making in Russia

  Gerald Seaman, Gerald R Seaman•Music and Letters•1966

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