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Gaetano Valeri

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Gaetano Valeri ( September 21, 1760 -  April 13, 1822 ) Born in Padua, Italy was an Italian composer, organist and pianist. After studying art he received musical instruction from F.G. Turini at the basilica of S Giustina in Padua and became organist at the churches of S Maria del Carmine and S Agostino. He was known as an excellent pianist, a reputation which his own piano works substantiate. In addition to his sonatas for two and four hands, a group of 15 piano cadenzas reveal a formidable technique.

Biography 

Gaetano Valeri first worked at the Basillca del Carmine earlier in his career. Most of Valeri's composition that have been saved are sacred works written for Padua Cathedral, which he served for about 35 years. From December 1, 1785 to January 20, 1803, he was the Cathedral's organist. Many of his liturgical works were first written for SATB or mixed choir and later rewritten for men's chorus. Valeri's accompaniments would usually include large orchestra or wind band but sometimes reworked for small ensemble or organ alone.

On August 9, 1805, he became Kapellmeister, famous for Sonatas for Organ composed of a two-and rarely three movements. A dozen were published in 1785 and reprinted three times during his lifetime. Valeri composed little for the theatre, but his short Il trionfo di Alessandro sopra se stesso (given at Padua in 1792) is unusual: its libretto, recalling that of Rousseau's Pigmalion, not only gives the dialogue and describes the stage actions of the singers, but indicates the length (from a few seconds to several minutes) of 40 passages of music and characterizes the music as it changes during the opera's 11 scenes.

Maestro di Cappella at the Padova Dome, composer, pianist, but also teacher and painter: he has been an important figure in Padova’s cultural life between the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century. He quietly spent most of his time in his hometown until his death: a young gifted, curious, diligent man, at the beginning more oriented towards fine arts than music, who integrated himself without any problems in the musical tissue of his town.

Compositions

Works

• "Li Castrini padre e figlio" (playful drama by Giovanni Greppi, 1791, Padua)
• "Il trionfo di Alessandro sopra se stesso" (action opera, by Antonio Meneghelli , 1792, Padua)

Sacred works

• Various masses for 2 and 3 voices
• Requiem for four voices

Commissioning parties

• 10 Track for 3-4 voices
• 7 Lord and Gloria for 3-8 voices
• 12 Glory for 3-4 voices
• 3 Largo for 1 voice
• 3 We Give Thanks for 1 voice
• 6 Lord God for 1 voice
• 10 You Who Take Away for 1-4 voices
• 5 Those Who Take our Home for 1 voice
• 3 He Sits By for 1-3 voices
• 4 He Sits By for 3-5 voices
• 2 Quoniam for 1-4 voices
• Voice of the Holy Spirit for 4 voices
• 9 I Believe the Voice for 3-4 voices
• The Voice of God for 3 voices
• 4 Gloria for 3-4 voices

Psalms

• Blessed is the Man That Feareth the for 3 voices
• Preserve Me for 2 voices
• 2 From the Depths for 3-4 voices
• 5 The Voice of the Lord for 3-4 voices
• The Earth is the Lord's Voice for 4 voices
• Through the Voice of the Lord for 3 voices
• Behold the Good for 4 voices
• Joyful Unto God for 3 voices
• Praise the Lord for 2 voices
• 4 Praise the Child for 3-4 voices
• 2 Psalms for 3-4 voices
• 3 The Lord Sent Word for 2-4 voices
• Other Psalms for 8 voices

Hymns

• 4 Ave Maris Stella for 1-3 voices
• 2 The Strong Man for 1-3 voices
• 2 The Confessor for 1-3 voices
• 2 For Now the Sun Turns Away for 1-3 voices
• Virgin Jesus' Crown for 1 voice
• The Offspring of God, Jesus of the Most High for 3 voices
• 6 Voices for 3-4 voices
• 14 So Much for 1-4 voices
• Gods for 4 voices
• 2 Spirit of the Creator for 1-4 voices
• Banners for 3 voices

Antiphons

• Mother Redemption for 1 voice
• Hail Queen of Heaven for 1 voice
• Behold, I Will Send an Angel for 3 voices
• Look Priest for 3 voices
• Let Your Hands for 3 voices
• I Was Glad for 3 voices
• O Holy Night for 3 voices
• 2 Hello Queen for 1-3 voices
• Your Time for 4 voices

Motets

• Loud Voice for 1 voice (1787)

Responsory

• 2 If You Seek Miracles for 3 voices

Litany

• 4 Litany for 2-4 voices
• Litany for All the Saints for 8 voices
• 5 Standing Mother for 3-4 voices

Instrumental music

• 23 Symphonies
• Symphony in D major.
• Sinfonietta in D major. (1816)
• Concerto for Organ and Orchestra
• 6 Sonatas for Harpsichord / Piano and Violin (1790, Padua)
• 3 Sonatas for Piano, Violin and Bassoon (1806, Venice)
• Variations for Piano and Bassoon / Cello
• Variations for Two Violins
• 65 Sonatas for Organ
• 57 Sonatas for Organ / Harpsichord / Piano
• 2 Keyboard Sonatas
• Sonata for Piano
• Great Symphony for Organ
• Symphony Keyboard
• Symphony for Organ
• Shepherdess for Organ
• Largo for Organ
• March for Organ
• 2 Keyboard Pieces
• 15 Cadence for Piano
• Overture for Piano