Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Contents
1 Biography
1.1 Quotes
2 Works
2.1 Theme and variations
2.2 Original Sources of Themes
2.2.1 Themes in Giuliani's Le
Rossiniane
3 List of compositions
4 Instruments used by Giuliani
5 Books about Mauro Giuliani
5.1 Biographies
5.2 Analysis
6 References
7 External links
7.1 Sheetmusic
7.2 Images of Giuliani
Biography
Although born in Bisceglie, Giuliani's center of study was in Barletta where he moved with his brother
Nicola in the first years of his life. His first instrumental training was on the celloan instrument which he
never completely abandonedand he probably also studied the violin. Subsequently he devoted himself to
the guitar, becoming a very skilled performer on it in a short time. The names of his teachers are unknown,
and we cannot be sure of his exact movements in Italy.
He married Maria Giuseppe del Monaco, and they had a child, Michael, born in Barletta in 1801. After that
he was probably in Bologna and Trieste for a brief stay; by the summer of 1806, fresh from his studies of
counterpoint, cello and guitar in Italy, he had moved to Vienna without his family. Here he began a
relationship with a certain Frulein Willmuth, with whom he had a daughter, Maria, in 1807.
In Vienna he became acquainted with the classical instrumental style. In 1807 Giuliani began to publish
compositions in the classical style. His concert tours took him all over Europe. Everywhere he went he was
acclaimed for his virtuosity and musical taste. He achieved great success and became a musical celebrity,
equal to the best of the many instrumentalists and composers who were active in the Austrian capital city at
the beginning of the 19th century.
Giuliani defined a new role for the guitar in the context of European music. He was acquainted with the
highest figures of Austrian society and with notable composers such as Rossini and Beethoven, and
cooperated with the best active concert musicians in Vienna. In 1815 he appeared with Johann Nepomuk
Hummel (followed later by Ignaz Moscheles), the violinist Joseph Mayseder and the cellist Joseph Merk, in
a series of chamber concerts in the botanical gardens of Schnbrunn Palace, concerts that were called the
"Dukaten Concerte", [1] after the price of the ticket, which was a ducat. This exposure gave Giuliani
prominence in the musical environment of the city. Also in 1815, he was the official concert artist for the
celebrations of the Congress in Vienna. Two years earlier, on the 8th of December, 1813, he had played
(probably cello) in an orchestra for the first performance of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.
In Vienna, Giuliani had minor success as a composer. He worked mostly with the publisher Artaria, who
published the large part of his works for guitar, but he had dealings with all the other local publishers, who
spread his compositions all over Europe. He developed here a teaching reputation as well; among his
numerous students were Bobrowicz and Horetzky.
In 1819 Giuliani left Vienna, mainly for financial reasons: his property and bank accounts were confiscated
to pay his debtors. He returned to Italy, spending time in Trieste and Venice, and finally settling in Rome.
He brought with him his daughter Emilia, who was born in 1813. She was educated at the nunnery
L'adorazione del Ges from 1821 to 1826, together with Giuliani's illegitimate daughter Maria. In Rome he
did not have much success; he published a few compositions and gave only one concert.
In July 1823 he began a series of frequent trips to Naples to be with his father, who was seriously ill. In the
Bourbon city of Naples Giuliani would find a better reception to his guitar artistry, and there he was able to
publish other works for guitar with local publishers.
In 1826 he performed in Portici before Francesco I and the Bourbon court. In this time, which we could call
Giuliani's Neapolitan period, he appeared frequently in duo concert with his daughter Emilia, who had
become a skilled performer on the guitar. Toward the end of 1827 the health of the musician began to fail;
he died in Naples on 8 May 1829. The news of his death created much of a stir in the Neapolitan musical
environment.
Quotes
Philip James Bone, The guitar and mandolin, 1914 (page 127)[4]
Works
Theme and variations
As a guitar composer he was very fond of the theme and variations an extremely popular form in
Vienna. He had a remarkable ability to weave a melody into a passage with musical effect while remaining
true to the idiom of the instrument.
One example of this ability is to be found in his Variations on a theme of Handel, Op. 107. This
popular theme, known as "The Harmonious Blacksmith", appears in the Aria from Handel's Suite no.
5 in E for harpsichord.
Another example is Giuliani's Sei variazioni sull'aria "A Schisserl und a Reindl", op. 38, which is a
set of variations on the Austrian Folkslied A Schisserl und a Reindl, is ll mein Kuchlg'schirr, used in
the play Der Kaufmannsbude (1796), with music by Johann Baptist Henneberg (17681822) and text
by Schikaneder; and in the play Der Marktschreyer (1799), with music by Franz Xaver Sssmayr
(17661803) and text by Friedrich Karl Lippert. [5] (Beethoven used the same theme in his work
op.105, number 3 for flute and piano.)
Giuliani's achievements as a composer were numerous. Giuliani's 150 compositions for guitar with opus
number constitute the nucleus of the nineteenth-century guitar repertory. He composed extremely
challenging pieces for solo guitar as well as works for orchestra and Guitar-Violin and Guitar-Flute duos.
Outstanding pieces by Giuliani include his three guitar concertos (op. 30-36 and 70); a series of six
fantasias for guitar solo, op. 119-124, based on airs from Rossini operas and entitled the "Rossiniane";
several sonatas for violin and guitar and flute and guitar; a quintet, op. 65, for strings and guitar; some
collections for voice and guitar, and a Grand Overture written in the Italian style. He also transcribed many
symphonic works, both for solo guitar and guitar duo. One such transcription arranges the overture to The
Barber of Seville by Rossini, for two guitars. There are further numerous didactic works, among which is a
method for guitar that is used frequently by teachers to this day.
Today, Giuliani's concertos and solo pieces are performed by professionals and still demonstrate the ability
of the guitarist to play the piece, as well as Giuliani's natural ability as a composer for the classical guitar.
Sostenuto)
Un soave non so che
(Cendrillon)
Oh mattutini albori!,
Andantino (La dame du lac)
Questo vecchio maledetto, (Le Turc en Italie)
Sorte! Secondami, Allegro (Zelmira)
Cinto di nuovi allori, Maestoso (Ricciardo et Zorade)
Rossiniana IV, op. 122
Introduction (Sostenuto-Allegro Maestoso)
Forse un d conoscerete, Andante (La pie voleuse)
Mi cadono le lagrime (La pie voleuse)
Ah se puoi cos lasciarmi, Allegro Maestoso (Mose en Egypte)
Piacer egual gli dei, Maestoso (Mathilde de Shabran)
Voglio ascoltar (La pierre de touche)
Rossiniana V, op. 123
Introduction (Allegro con brio)
E tu quando tornerai, Andantino mosso (Tancrde)
Una voce poco fa (Le Barbier de Sville)
Questo un nodo avviluppato, Andante sostenuto (Cendrillon)
L seduto lamato Giannetto, Allegro (La pie voleuse)
Zitti zitti, piano piano, Allegro (Le Barbier de Sville)
Rossiniana VI, op. 124
Introduction (Maestoso)
Qual mesto gemito, Larghetto (Smiramis)
Oh quante lagrime finor versai, Maestoso (La dame du lac)
Questo nome che suona vittoria, Allegro brillante (Le sige de Corinthe)
List of compositions
Main article: List of compositions by Mauro Giuliani
Analysis
Yvonne Regina Chavez: The flute and guitar duos of Mauro Giuliani Book:
Thesis/dissertation/manuscript Publisher: 1991. (English) OCLC: 24571012
Roger West Hudson: The orchestration of the guitar concerto : a comparison of the Concerto in A
major, op. 30, by Mauro Giuliani and the Concierto del sol by Manuel Ponce. Type: English : Book
Book : Thesis/dissertation/manuscript. Publisher: 1992.OCLC: 31118635
Heike Vajen Rossiniana no. 6 op. 124 by Mauro Giuliani.Type: German : Book Book. Publisher:
Celle : Moeck, (1986). OCLC: 46051295
Volker Hh: Sonata op. 15 : Fingersatz by Mauro Giuliani. Type: Book Book Publisher: Celle :
Moeck, 1989. OCLC: 46095695
Horacio Ceballos: Sonata Op. 15 [Msica] by Mauro Giuliani. Type: Spanish : Book Book. Publisher:
Buenos Aires, Argentina : RICORDI, 1977. OCLC: 70134745
Kurt L Schuster: Performing Joseph Haydn's Divertimento a quattro, opus 2, no. 2 and Mauro
Giuliani's Grand sonata eroica, opus 150. Type: English : Book Book :
Thesis/dissertation/manuscript. Publisher: 1989.: 20402277
References
1. ^ sterreichisch-ungarische Revue (http://books.google.com/books?id=MOqzAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1PA165&dq=%22Mauro+Giuliani%22+%22Ducatenconcerte%22&lr=&as_brr=3) . 1864.
http://books.google.com/books?id=MOqzAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1PA165&dq=%22Mauro+Giuliani%22+%22Ducatenconcerte%22&lr=&as_brr=3.
2. ^ "earnest: zealous with sincerity; with hearty endeavor; heartfelt; fervent; hearty" (http://machaut.uchicago.edu/?
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External links
Biography (http://www.archive.org/stream/guitarmandolinbi00bone#page/124/mode/1up) (The guitar
and mandolin (http://www.archive.org/details/guitarmandolinbi00bone) by Philip James Bone, 1914)
Associazione Giuliani (http://associazionegiuliani.org/)
Found: A Giuliani Guitar, Kept In A London Bank Since 1816
(http://www.paulpleijsier.nl/assets/pdf/soundboard_2001.pdf) by Paul Pleijsier, 2001
Information (http://www.tecla.com/authors/giuliani.htm) (Tecla Editions)
Sheetmusic
Images of Giuliani
Image (http://www.beethoven-haus-bonn.de/sixcms/detail.php?
id=&template=dokseite_digitales_archiv_en&_dokid=i2069&_seite=1) (www.beethoven-hausbonn.de)
Images (http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?keyword=mauro+giuliani)
(NYPL Digital Gallery)
Image (http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b7720958f.r=mauro+giuliani.langEN) (Gallica)
image (http://www.tabulatura.com/giuliani.jpg) (ref.
(http://www.tabulatura.com/GITBIBL.htm#Guitar) )
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