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Francesco Paolo Supriani

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Francesco Paolo Supriani
Born11 July 1678
Died28 August 1753
CitizenshipItalian
Occupation(s)cellist, composer
Notable work12 Toccatas for Cello[1][2]

Francesco Paolo Tomaso Supriani (Conversano, 11 July 1678 – Naples, 28 August 1753) was an Italian cellist and composer of the Neapolitan school.

Biography

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He was a student[3] of Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini[4] from 1693, where he became a cello virtuoso.

He was the author of a manuscript didactic collection[5] of toccatas for the instrument, with an explanatory introduction, entitled: Principij da imparare à suonare il violoncello e con 12 Toccate à solo, found and published by the musicologist and cellist Luigi Silva (1903–1961). A copy of the manuscript is kept in the Biblioteca Conservatorio San Pietro a Majella, Naples. In this work Supriani already uses the fifth position, as well as the bass and tenor clefs. As a virtuoso cellist, he helped the cello to emerge from its traditional rank of continuo and reach the elevated status of a solo instrument.[6]

Supriani is considered one of the teachers of Francesco Alborea, commonly known as "Franciscello".[7]

Compositions

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Principij da imparare à suonare il violoncello e con 12 Toccate à solo (1720)

12 Toccatas for cello solo:

  • Toccata prima in G major
  • Toccata seconda in A minor
  • Toccata terza in B flat major
  • Toccata quarta in C major
  • Toccata quinta
  • Toccata sesta
  • Toccata settima
  • Toccata ottava in G minor
  • Toccata nona in A major
  • Toccata decima in D minor
  • Toccata undicesima in A minor
  • Toccata dodicesima in F minor

Discography

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  • La voce del violoncello opere per violoncello dei principali compositori violoncellisti italiani - (2012, Passacaille Records) OCLC 848901855
  • Boccherini's Dreams : Toccate I, IV, X e XI – Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann, violoncello (gennaio/febbraio 2021, Arcantus) — con due sonate di Boccherini e brani di Pasquini, Cabezon e Storace.
  • Supriani: 12 Toccatas for Cello, Transcribed for Viola by Marco Misciagna - Marco Misciagna, viola (2024, MM - MM03)[8]

References

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  1. ^ https://imslp.org/wiki/Principij_da_imparare_%C3%A0_suonare_il_violoncello_e_con_12_Toccate_%C3%A0_solo_(Supriani%2C_Francesco_Paolo)
  2. ^ Supriani: 12 Toccatas for Cello, Transcribed for Viola by Marco Misciagna, retrieved 2024-05-12
  3. ^ Alfredo Giovine: Musica e spettacoli di Bari, collana: Biblioteca dell'Archivio della tradizioni popolari baresi
  4. ^ Fabris, Dinko (2007). Music in Seventeenth-century Naples: Francesco Provenzale (1624-1704). Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7546-3721-9.
  5. ^ Guido Olivieri: Performance Practice- Issues and Approaches, Steglein Publishing (Cello Playing and Teaching in Eighteenth-Century Naples: F. P. Supriani's Principij da imparare a suonare il violoncello). ISBN 978-0-9719854-9-0.
  6. ^ early_history_of_the_cello_in_naples
  7. ^ Gli_strumenti_musicali_nella_Liturgia_il_ruolo_del_violoncello_nella_pratica_e_cultura_partenopea
  8. ^ Supriani: 12 Toccatas for Cello, Transcribed for Viola by Marco Misciagna, retrieved 2024-05-12