Dario Asioli detto 'Antonio Martinelli' () - Concerto per Viola d'Amor

★ Follow music ► Composer: Dario Asioli detto 'Antonio Martinelli' () Work: Concerto (Re maggiore) per Viola d'Amor Della: Sig:ra Chiaretta Performers: Fabio Biondi (viola d'amore); Europa Galante Concerto per Viola d'Amor 1. Allegro assai 0:00 2. Adagio 4:11 3. Allegro 7:14 Painting: Unknown artist (18th Century) - Veduta veneziana di fantasia HD image: Map: Alexis Hubert Jaillot () - Carte Nouvelle du Duche de Modene de Regio et de Carpi (1708) HD image: Further info: úsica-Pietà-Xviii/dp/B00HE0KWHU Listen free: --- Dario Asioli detto 'Antonio Martinelli' (Modena, - Venice, 17 August 1782) Italian cellist, violinist, teacher and composer. Son of Giulio Asioli, he was baptized as Dario. His youth life remains unknown but by 1720 he was documented in Venice, active as teacher and composer and under the nickname 'Antonio Martinelli'. He assumed this name in order to obtain a theatrical engagement in Venice, depicting himself as an actor, who in fact was already working there, called Martinelli, with whom he had evidently made a deal. Since then until his death, he was known as 'Antonio Martinelli'. At least two instrumentists with the surname Martinelli were active in Venice in the same period. In 1743, pursuing a marriage with Caterina Fabri, he had to beg for a sworn testimony of his true identity to his future father-in-law and the luthier Domenico Montagnana. Regardless his false identity, he was an accomplish cellist at the Cappella Marciana from 1753 to 1782 and 'highly praised' teacher in three 'ospedali veneziani'; Derelitti (1733-1766), Mendicanti (1730-1777) and Pietà (1750-1782). Assuming these posts reported him an extraordinary income (over than 340 ducati per year). After his death in 1782, he was succeded by his son, the cellist and composer Girolamo Martinelli. Antonio Martinelli was a very prolific composer but the most of his output remains scattered in manuscripts, mainly in the Venetian archives. Only the collection 'Six symphonies en quatre parties' () and the 'Sonates en trio violons: 1 er livre' were printed during his life.