Antonio Lotti (1667 – 1740) was an Italian composer
of the Baroque era. Lotti was born in Venice, although
his father Matteo was Kapellmeister at Hanover at the
time. Oral tradition says that in 1682, Lotti began
studying with Lodovico Fuga and Giovanni Legrenzi, both
of whom were employed at St Mark's Basilica, Venice's
principal church, although there is no documentary
evidence.
Lotti made his career at St Mark's, first as an alto
singer (from 1689), then as assistant to the second
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Antonio Lotti (1667 – 1740) was an Italian composer
of the Baroque era. Lotti was born in Venice, although
his father Matteo was Kapellmeister at Hanover at the
time. Oral tradition says that in 1682, Lotti began
studying with Lodovico Fuga and Giovanni Legrenzi, both
of whom were employed at St Mark's Basilica, Venice's
principal church, although there is no documentary
evidence.
Lotti made his career at St Mark's, first as an alto
singer (from 1689), then as assistant to the second
organist, then as second organist (from 1692), then
(from 1704) as first organist, and finally (from 1736)
as maestro di cappella, a position he held until his
death.
Because of the paucity of solid scholarship until
recent decades, older reference books cite a good deal
of misinformation regarding Lotti’s biography.
Cicogna’s 1834 Delle inscrizioni Veneziane and
Francesco Caffi’s 1854 Storia della Musica relied on
oral tradition more than a century old to name works
that Lotti supposedly composed for the Ospedale degl’
Incurabili.
Later studies built upon that assertion to name Lotti
as one of the supposed maestri of the Incurabili. The
2001 New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians went a
step further to try to extrapolate when Lotti’s
period of employment at the Incurabili would supposedly
have been, building on a house of cards.
However, recent studies establish that there is no
documentary evidence whatsoever of any such employment
ever taking place. The most current and most
comprehensive studies by Caroline Giron-Panel and Pier
Gillio establish conclusively that Lotti was not
formally employed by the Incurabili, and that there is
no evidence of his having composed any music for that
institution, even on informal terms.
Lotti wrote in a variety of forms, producing masses,
cantatas, madrigals, around thirty operas, and
instrumental music. Some of his sacred choral works are
unaccompanied (a cappella) but many of them are
composed in the concertato style with strings, basso
continuo, and occasionally oboes and trumpets. His more
progressive works foreshadow the gallant style,
considered a transition between the established Baroque
and emerging Classical styles.
Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, and Jan
Dismas Zelenka all had copies of Lotti's Missa
Sapientiae, a Kyrie–Gloria Mass (Kyrie in G minor,
Gloria in G major)..
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Lotti).
Although this piece was originally created for Chorus
(SATB), I created this Interpretation of the Kyrie
Eleison from the Mass in C Major for Winds (Flute,
Oboe, English Horn, French Horn & Bassoon) & Strings (2
Violins, Viola & Cello).
SHEET MUSIC