Filippo Manfredi (1731-1777) - Vexilla regis

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Composer: Filippo Manfredi (1731-1777)
Work: Vexilla regis
Performers: Chiara Tаigi (soprano); Coro e Orchestra del Duomo di Castelnuovo Gаrfаgnаna; Luca Bаcci (conductor)

Painting: Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner (1702-1761) - Der heilige Ambrosius verwehrt Kaiser Theodosius den Eintritt in den Mailänder Dom
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(Giovanni) Filippo (Tommaso) Manfredi [Filippino]
(Lucca, 8 March 1731 - Lucca, 12 July 1777)

Italian violinist and composer. Son of the horn player Giovanni Carlo Manfredi, he received his early education at the seminary school of San Michele in Foro in Lucca before studying with Domenico Ferrari in Genoa and Pietro Nardini in Livorno. He was a supernumerary violinist in the Cappella Palatina and was appointed first violinist in 1758. He also played in theatres, served as chief instrumentalist for religious functions and taught. After playing in a quartet with Nardini and Giuseppe Cambini in 1765, he formed a duo with Luigi Boccherini and began a concert tour which took him first to Paris in 1768 then Madrid, to the court of the Prince of the Asturias, where he was appointed first violin of the chamber music. He returned to Italy in 1772 and was re-admitted to the Cappella Palatina only in 1773. However, he fell ill in 1775, and his concert appearances became much less frequent. He died two years later. As a composer, he only left a few works, including a set of six sonatas for violin and bass (1769), a chamber trio, and some religious works. He was regarded as a violinist of technical and expressive brilliance, and he retained his reputation until the middle of the 19th century. His brothers, Pietro Luigi Manfredi (1744-?) and Vincenzo Ferrerio Manfredi (1732-?), were a horn player and a flautist, respectively.