VENICE

Venice

1 - Saint Mark's Basilica


The heart of Venice is the Basilica of Saint Mark, rich in golden glitterings and references to the East, a true symbol of the greatness of the Doges and of the Republic of Venice. The first church...

Venice

15 - A destabilizing listening


The coincidence that Father Giovanni Torre da Piran had died in Assisi in 1713, leaving him without protection inside the convent and forcing him to move to Ancona for better sustenance, appears less...

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19 - The Giustiniani family


Tartini returned to the Veneto region where he began teaching violin to the offspring of the noble families of Venice. These included the Giustiniani. Tartini had Gerolamo Ascanio as a student, who,...

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27 - The venetian hospitals


The pedagogical activity of Tartini is certified in the Lagoon, where he used to educate some maidens in Venetian hospices (Ospedali).   Similar welfare institutions, aimed at the sick,...

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28 - Tartini and Nazari at the choir loft of St. Mark's Church


The fame Tartini earned as a violin virtuoso and composer during his lifetime accompanied his arrival in Venice, where he often performed in the city's main churches. Francesco Caffi, author of the...

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29 - Musical challenge at Palazzo Mocenigo


At Palazzo Mocenigo on a reception to honour the visit of Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, Tartini was confronted by Francesco Maria Veracini from Florence, a violinist few years older and more...

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30 - The Tartinian sources in Venice


Venetian libraries hold valuable musical treasures, including many printed and manuscript sources of Giuseppe Tartini's compositions.   The library of the Conservatory of Music 'Benedetto...

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31 - Tartini and Vandini at Salute


On several occasions, Tartini played with the Bolognese cellist and composer Antonio Vandini (1690c - 1778), a lifelong friend, who was also a teacher in the Ospedale della Pietà in 1720 and...