Giovanni Battista Martini

Get a $5.00 Music Credit and download a free album for your iPod® or any MP3 player!

See also:

Martini MusicAtlas
♩ Italian composers
♩ Baroque composers

Born: 1706 — Bologna — Italy

Died: 1784 — Bologna — Italy

Login to upload your own images for this composer.

Reactions

[Be the first to write a reaction.]

Add your reaction

Music

List of compositions at Netherlands Radio Music Library.

Litaniae (1734), 12 Sonate d’intavolatura (1742), 6 Sonate d’intavolatura per l’organo ed il cembalo (1747), Duetti da camera (1763), several Masses and Oratoria. (Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica)

Life

[in German]

Genannt Padre Martini, Komponist, Musiktheoretiker, Musiklehrer. Musikalische Ausbildung durch seinen Vater, durch Luc’Antonio Predieri (harpsichord, singing, organ) und durch Antonio Riccieri (Kontrapunkt). 1722 Priesterweihe. 1725 Kapellmeister von San Francesco in Bologna. Dort eröffnete er ein musikalisches Studienzentrum. Unter seinen Schülern waren Sarti, J.C. Bach, Mozart, Gluck, Jommelli und Grétry.

Martini war ein leidenschaftlicher Sammler von Musikliteratur. Charles Burney (Musikhistoriker des 18. Jahrhunderts) schätzte Martinis Bibliothek auf 17000 Bände. Literarische Werke Martinis: Storia della musica (1757-81, unvollständig), Saggio di contrappunto (1774-75). (Quelle: Encyclopaedia Britannica)

Places

You can also view all places for this composer on a map. Go to the Musicatlas for maps by country, region or city.

[Click the images to see a larger version.]

Germany, Polling, Stiftskirche —

Italy, Bologna, Via Pietra Lata, 57 — 24 Apr 1706

Bologna <br/><p class="copy">Uploaded by <a href="/user/10">Ed Tervooren</a> [© Copyright may apply] — Classical Composers Database</p>

Italy, Bologna, Piazza San Francesco San Francesco — 1888

Sources — links

Submit a link for Giovanni Battista Martini

Concerts

Submit concert announcements for Giovanni Battista Martini

Events

Submit an event (date and year) for Giovanni Battista Martini

Contributions by: kruse |

© 1995–2013 Jos Smeets — Quixote; Last update: 2003-09-24 05:06:46.

composer poster ad

Composer news →

Dutilleux dead at 97 posted 23 May 2013

Britten trail opened posted 3 Apr 2013

Tan Dun is Goodwill Ambassador of UNESCO posted 29 Mar 2013

Michael Berkeley to be member of House of Lords posted 29 Mar 2013

Upcoming concerts →

Sat 22 Jun: Freedom, a vibrant new choral drama on the abolition of slavery hedge End

Sat 22 Jun: Lux - with Cappella Novocastriensis. St Cuthvert's Church, Norham, Northumberland, TD15 2LF. UK

Sat 22 Jun: Bristol Bach Choir presents choral gems, ancient and modern St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, England

Mon 24 Jun: The Brodsky Quartet with Lore Lixenberg and Cathal Breslin Drapers' Hall,Throgmorton Street London EC2N 2DQ

Sat 29 Jun: Summertime Gala Concert St John's Smith Square, London UK

Today → (19 Jun)

Birthdays:

François Rébel

Johann Gottlieb Janitsch

Jan Václav (Johann) Stamitz

Alfredo Catalani

Dying days:

Alessandro Marcello

Johann Ernst Eberlin

Maurice Jaubert

Events:

(1825) Gioachino [Gioacchino] Rossini: Premiere of Il Viaggio a Reims, in Paris, France.

(1899) Edward Elgar: Premiere of the Enigma Variations op. 36, in London, England.

(1926) George Antheil: Premiere of Ballet Mécanique, in Paris, France.

(1926) Karol Szymanowski: Premiere of King Roger, in Warsaw, Poland.

(2002) Peter Wallin: First performance of "Triangle Quartet No. 1", in Lund, Sweden.

Tomorrow →

Latest changes →

Henri Dutilleux (23 May)

Anders Eliasson (22 May)

John La Montaine (22 May)

Gordon Sherwood (22 May)

Marvin Frederick Hamlisch (22 May)

Manuel de Elías (17 May)

Sabrina Peña Young (16 May)

Stanislas Verroust (16 May)

Karl Davydov (16 May)

Massimiliano Viel (16 May)

Best visited →

Wolfgang Amadeus [Amadé] Mozart [835]

Antonio Vivaldi [822]

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky [633]

Ludwig van Beethoven [413]

Johann Sebastian Bach [402]

Johann Nepomuk Hummel [388]

Johannes Brahms [379]

Antonio Salieri [378]

Gustav Mahler [377]

Georges Bizet [367]

Classical Sheet Music and MP3 accompaniment: download instantly at Virtual Sheet Music^®

Picture of Giovanni Battista Martini.

(sent by John T Crever)

Sheet music for Martini

Virtual Sheet Music/MP3
Sheet Music Plus

[details ←] Sonata op. 2 n. 12 in F major, piano, organ,

[details ←] Sonata op. 2 n. 7 in E minor, piano, organ,

[details ←] Domine Fili a 3, piano, , choral, vocal,

[details ←] Plaisir d’amour, piano,

[details ←] Plaisir d’amour (Solo Voice), vocal, concert band,

[details ←] Plaisir d’amour (Chorus SATB), concert band, , choral, vocal,

[details ←] Plaisir d’amour, concert band,

[details ←] Six Sonatas, piano,

[details ←] Plaisir D’Amour, vocal,

[details ←] Piacer d’amor (The Joys of Love), vocal,

[details ←] Plaisir d’amour, choral, vocal,

[details ←] Sonate per l’organo e il cembalo. PF 132, organ,

[details ←] Piacer d’amor (The Joys of Love), vocal,

[details ←] Toccata

[details ←] Old Italian Masters (score), organ,

[details ←] Celebrated Gavotte, trumpet,

[details ←] Plaisir d’amour (Eb), vocal,

[details ←] Plaisir d’amour (F), vocal,

Find sheet music:

Listen to music samples on this site

Submit sound/image file

Download classical music on iTunes.

Sheet Music Plus Featured Sale

DVDs for Martini

MP3
CDs
Books
DVDs

[No items found.]