Giovanni Battista Martini (1706 - 1784)
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Giovanni Battista Martini was born at Bologna.

His father, Antonio Maria Martini, a violinist, taught him the elements of music and the violin; later he learned singing and harpsichord playing from Padre Pradieri, and counterpoint from Antonio Riccieri. Having received his education in classics from the fathers of the oratory of San Filippo Neri, he afterwards entered upon a noviciate at the Franciscan monastery at Lago, at the close of which he was received as a Minorite on September 11, 1722.

In 1725, though only nineteen years old, he received the appointment of chapel-master in the Franciscan church at Bologna, where his compositions attracted attention. At the invitation of amateurs and professional friends he opened a school of composition at which several celebrated musicians were trained; as a teacher he consistently declared his preference for the traditions of ?the old Roman school of composition. Padre Martini was a zealous collector of musical literature, and possessed an extensive musical library. Burney estimated it at 17,000 volumes; after Martini's death a portion of it passed to the Imperial library at Vienna, the rest remaining in Bologna, now in the Liceo Rossini.

Most contemporary musicians speak of Martini with admiration, and Leopold Mozart consulted him with regard to the talents of his son, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Abt Vogler, however, makes reservations in his praise, condemning his philosophical principles as too much in sympathy with those of Fox, which had already been expressed by P. Vallotti. His Elogio was published by Pietro della Valle at Bologna in the same year.

In 1758 he was invited to teach at the Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna.

Among Martini's pupils: the Belgian André Ernest Modeste Grétry, the Bohemian Josef Mysliveček, the Ukrainian/Russian Maksym Berezovsky, the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and also the famous Italian cellist Giovanni Battista Cirri.

The greater number of Martini's sacred compositions remain unprinted. The Liceo of Bologna possesses the manuscripts of two oratorios; and a requiem, with some other pieces of church music, are now in Vienna. Litaniae atque antlphonae finales B. V. Mariae were published at Bologna in 1734, as also twelve Sonate d'intavolalura; six Sonate per i'organo ed il cembalo in 1747; and Duetti da camera in 1763. Martini's most important works are his Storia della musica (Bologna, 1757-1781) and his Saggio del contrapunto (Bologna, 1774-1775). The former, of which the three published volumes relate wholly to ancient music, and thus represent a mere fragment of the author's vast plan, exhibits immense reading and industry, but is written in a dry and unattractive style, and is overloaded with matter which cannot be regarded as historical. At the beginning and end of each chapter occur puzzle-canons, wherein the primary part or parts alone are given, and the reader has to discover the canon that fixes the period and the interval at which the response is to enter. Some of these are exceedingly difficult, but Cherubini solved the whole of them.

The Saggio is a learned and valuable work, containing an important collection of examples from the best masters of the old Italian and Spanish schools, with excellent explanatory notes. It treats chiefly of the tonalities of the plain chant, and of counterpoints constructed upon them. Besides being the author of several controversial works, Martini drew up a Dictionary of Ancient Musical Terms, which appeared in the second volume of GB Doni's Works; he also published a treatise on The Theory of Numbers as applied to Music. His celebrated canons, published in London, about 1800, edited by Pio Cianchettini, show him to have had a strong sense of musical humour.
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SONATE POUR ORGUE (Transcription pour quatuor de saxophones)
Martini, Giovanni Battista
Saxophone quartet
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Adaptator : Dalle Luche, Serge

Added the 07 Aug 2015

Aria con Variazioni. Trascrizione per Organo di M.E.Bossi (Op. 2 from "Sonate d'Intavolatura per l'Organo e' L Cembalo" )
Martini, Giovanni Battista
Organ solo
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Added the 22 Apr 2014

PRELUDE de la Sonate V (Sonate d'Intavolatura)
Martini, Giovanni Battista
Saxophone quartet
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Adaptator : Dalle Luche, Serge

Added the 03 Apr 2016

Grave per la Benedizione.
Martini, Giovanni Battista
Organ solo
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Added the 27 Jun 2011

(ALL'ELEVAZIONE) per Organo
Martini, Giovanni Battista
Organ solo
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Added the 23 Nov 2011

[Sonata] per la Benedizione
Martini, Giovanni Battista
Organ solo
1 PDF / 1 MP3 / Easy

Added the 09 Jan 2013

Elevazione in fa minore
Martini, Giovanni Battista
Organ solo
1 PDF / 1 MP3 / Easy

Added the 27 Jun 2014

Preludio ed Assai moderato. Trascrizione per Organo di Marco Enrico BOSSI (from "VII Sonate d'Intavolatura per l'Organo e il Cembalo Op.2)
Martini, Giovanni Battista
Organ solo
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Added the 20 Feb 2014

Aria. Trascrizione da Concerto per Grande Organo
Martini, Giovanni Battista
Organ solo
1 PDF / 1 MP3 / Intermediate
Adaptator : MACHELLA, MAURIZIO

Added the 03 Jul 2014

Elevazione in Do minore per Organo
Martini, Giovanni Battista
Organ solo
1 PDF / 1 MP3 / Easy

Added the 13 Apr 2011

Elevazione in fa minore (II)
Martini, Giovanni Battista
Organ solo
1 PDF / Intermediate

Added the 02 Apr 2014

Elevazione in g-moll
Martini, Giovanni Battista
Organ solo
1 PDF / 1 MP3 / Easy

Added the 03 Feb 2015

"Gavotte in F Major" for Oboe & Horn
Martini, Giovanni Battista
Oboe & French Horn
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Adaptator : MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL

Added the 21 Mar 2013

Gavotte in F Major for Violin & Viola
Martini, Giovanni Battista
Violin and Viola
3 PDF / 3 MP3 Play-along / Intermediate
Adaptator : MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL

Added the 28 Apr 2015

"Terzetto delle Campane" for String Trio
Martini, Giovanni Battista
String trio
5 PDF / 1 MP3 / Intermediate
Adaptator : MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL

Added the 04 Feb 2022

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