Nicola Matteis Diverse bizzarie Sopra la Vecchia Sarabanda

Nicola Matteis (c. 1650 - 1700)

Nicola Matteis Diverse bizzarie Sopra la Vecchia Sarabanda o pur Ciaccona


Amandine Beyer, baroque violin
Gli Incogniti (on Period-Instruments)


Zig-Zag Territoires

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Biography by Joseph Stevenson from : www.arkivmusic.com

Nicola Matteis was the leading violin virtuoso in the London scene in the last part of the seventeenth century and a minor composer of considerable popularity in his time. Practically nothing is known of his early life. He arrived in England in the early 1670s and he appears to have been too shy or reserved in his initial appearances, for the merchant who sponsored him had to get him "to be free, easy and familiar, and to let Gentlemen, not the best hands, to have his company in consorts." In other words, to let amateurs with not too much ability sit in, provided they had useful amounts of clout.

He was credited with changing the English taste for violin playing from the French style to a newer Italian approach to the instrument. His reputation grew through the 1670s and 1680s and resulted in popularity of his growing list of published works. However, it is difficult to track his career as he was apparently not interested in applying for jobs in royal service. If he had applied or received such a position, the fact would have been recorded in Lord Chamberlain's Office. His only mention there is as a potential founder of the proposed Royal Academy (with Draghi, Finger, Purcell, and others), a project that never came to be. His compositions are lively, well-crafted, and expressive and are all in the form of instrumental music and a few songs. Matteis tended to give precise instructions with his published music, knowing that many of his customers were amateurs. He provided bowing instructions, explanations of ornaments, tempos, and other directions in prefaces to his publications. These are valuable resources for scholars reconstructing performance practices of the time.

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[KadorCitizen]

does anyone know, in which work Nicola Matteis published this "bizarrie"?

[PeriodinstrumentfaN]

@KadorCitizen it's Book 2 and it's NOW available on IMSLP since this Spring !!! :-)

[McAMilly]

thanks to the genius PeriodinstrumentfaN who added this stunningly brilliant song to youtube!!! encore!!!

[DesiFuyuko]

Me lleno de emocion cada vez que miro este video. Esta cancion es la voz de Dios inspirada hacia una persona.

[lonely270]

It reminds me of Merula's Ciaccona for two violins and basso continuo, especially in the beginning. Is there any chance that Tranquinio ifluenced Matteis or vice versa?

[lonely270]

It reminds me of a Bertali's Ciaccona. Was Matteis influenced by Bertali or vice versa?

[1947thequeen]

Illustrations Maurice Sendak "Max et les maximonstres" Delpire edition 1967

[ermaphmado]

Toujours aussi désaltérant et ravigotant de revenir écouter ces quelques minutes!

[mossplace1]

The openning bars are Soooo sweet and has such potential to continue the beauty...... and then all fails....If listerners wish to hear a more pleasing interpretation they should visit that posted by Mephisto0cl.....I wish to cause no offence, but this posted version is an interpretation i do not find pleasing, but then this is the wonder of music: one mans meat is anothers poision..there is something out there to suit everyones pallette.

[KadorCitizen]

@PeriodinstrumentfaN but now i found it on IMSLP in the first book :)

[PeriodinstrumentfaN]

@xMARSEAUXx

..... ;-)