Emanuele Barbella (1718-1777) - Solo for a Violin and Bass (c.1765)

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Composer: Emanuele Barbella (1718-1777)
Work: Solo (VI) from 'Six Solos for a Violin and Bass or two Violins' (c.1765)
Performers: Daniel Pintеño (violin); Concеrto 1700

Solo for a Violin and Bass (c.1765)
1. Larghetto e con gusto 0:00
2. Allegretto 3:07
3. Allegretto brillante, alla Francese 7:48

Painting: Pietro Fabris (c.1740-1792) - Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth, at home in Naples. Concert party (Vincenzo Orgitano or Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, spinet; Gennaro D'Alessandro or Leopold Mozart, harpsichord; William Hamilton, violin; Emanuele Barbella, violin) (1770)
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Emanuele (Emmanuele) Barbella
(Naples, 14 April 1718 - Naples, 1 January 1777)

Italian composer and violinist. After training from his father, Francesco Barbella, maestro di violino and composer at the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto, he studied with Angelo Zaga and Pasqualino Bini before completing his training in theory and composition with Michele Cabbalone and Leonardo Leo. In 1744 he was taken to England by Leo, where he had his debut as a violinist. After his return to Naples, he was appointed to positions at the Teatro Nuovo in 1753 and the Teatro San Carlo in 1761 in a post he held the rest of his life. Although there is no evidence that Barbella ranked among the finest Italian violinists, he was respected as a performer and admired as a teacher and composer. Charles Burney, who became his friend and relied on his knowledge, confessed to some disappointment in his playing, complaining of lack of variety, ‘drowsiness of tone’, and ‘want of animation’. Yet he found much to praise also, especially when hearing Barbella in a small room, and spoke of his ‘taste and expression’ and of his ‘marvellously sweet tone’. His music, mostly in the style of Giuseppe Tartini, includes two concertos, 33 trio sonatas, 29 violin sonatas, 33 duets for two violins, two operas, and several smaller works. He wrote a number of pieces for the mandolin, including a concerto, sonatas and duets. Many of his pieces were also published in England and France, so that they were well known in Europe.