Francesco Saverio Giaj (1728-1801) - Concerto da Camera per Violino

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Composer: Francesco Saverio Giaj (1728-1801)
Work: Concerto da Camera per Violino in Si bemol maggiore (recorded in 1968)
Performers: SaIvatοre Accardο (violin); Orchestra da Camera ltaIiana

Painting: Giovanni Battista Cimaroli (1687-1753) - Paesaggio con figure
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Francesco Saverio Giaj [Giai, Giaii, Giaij, Giay]
(Turin, 27 September 1729 - Grugliasco, 12 August 1801)

Italian composer, son of Giovanni Antonio Giay (1690-1764). He studied initially in Turin, probably at the Collegium Puerorum Innocentium at the cathedral, under the direction of F.M. Montalto. Between 1759 and 1762 he continued his studies, spending a year each in Bologna, with Padre Martini, Naples, with Giuseppe de Majo, and Rome, where his compositions were favourably received in the Papal chapel. On his father's death he was made director of the Turin royal chapel, as officially documented in a letter of 9 February 1764. Until 1798 his principal assistant in this post was the celebrated violinist Gaetano Pugnani, and together with him he took part in the musical life of the court, directing, among other things, the music played at the wedding of Clotilde de France with Carlo Emanuele IV in 1775. Like his father, Francesco seems to have been concerned primarily with the sacred music of the court, although he composed a violin concerto. Mozart, during his visit to Turin in 1771, listed Giaj as one of the musicians he wished to meet, along with Quirino Gasparini, maestro di cappella of the cathedral and the violinist and composer Ignazio Celoniati. #ClassicalMusic