Giovanni Mossi (c.1680-1742) - Concerto grosso (1727)

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Composer: Giovanni Mossi (c.1680-1742)
Work: Concerto grosso (XII, g-moll) aus '[12] Concerti [D, G, B, E, c, A, F, C, b, d, e, g] ... opera quarta, libro primo' (1727)
Performers: Musica Antiqua KöIn https://tinyurl.com/3u3te923
Reinhard Goеbеl (conductor) https://tinyurl.com/3try88u4

Concerto grosso (1727)
1. Adagio 0:00
2. Allegro 3:51
3. Adagio 6:48
4. Allegro 10:38

Painting: Jan Carel Vierpeyl (c.1675-c.1723) - Merry Company Making Music
HD image: https://flic.kr/p/2siurrq

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Giovanni (Giovannino) Mossi
(Rome?, c.1680 - Rome, 1742)

Italian composer and violinist. Referred himself as Roman, he came from a family of musicians active in Rome. His father, Bartolomeo Mossi, and brother Giuseppe Mossi, and Gaetano Mossi, a tenor at the papal chapel. Introduced into the musical circles of Rome by his father, he was active as a violinist from 1694. His career there can be divided into three periods. An initial phase as an instrumentalist for local courts and churches, a highly productive middle period (1716-1733) during which he published his entire instrumental catalogue in Amsterdam (comprising three sets of sonatas and three of concertos), and a final phase of gradual retirement. Though he briefly served Baldassarre Odescalchi, Duke of Bracciano, his compositions, consisting of solo sonatas and orchestral concertos, remain firmly rooted in the Roman tradition of employing four violin parts, while increasingly favoring the first violin as a soloist. Furthermore, while the long-standing claim that he was a pupil of Arcangello Corelli lacks documentary proof, Corelli's influence on his work is undeniable, even though Mossi maintained a distinct originality and stylistic independence that aligned closely with his contemporary, Giuseppe Valentini.