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Antonio Bertali (March 1605 – 17 April 1669) was an Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 and violin
Violin

The violin is a Bow string instrument with four strings usually tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest and highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello....
ist of the Baroque
Baroque music

Baroque music describes a period or style of European classical music approximately extending from Dates of classical music eras. This era is said to begin in music after the Renaissance music and was followed by the Classical music era....
 era.

He was born in Verona
Verona

Verona is a city in Veneto, northern Italy, one of the seven provincial capitals in the region. It is one of the main tourist destinations in north-eastern Italy, thanks to its artistic heritage, several annual fairs, shows and operas, such as the lyrical season in the Arena, the ancient amphitheatre built by the Romans....
 and received early music education there. Probably from 1624, he was employed as court musician in Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
 by Emperor Ferdinand II
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor

Ferdinand II , of the House of Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor , King of Bohemia , King of Hungary ....
. In 1649 Bertali succeeded Giovanni Valentini
Giovanni Valentini

Giovanni Valentini was an Italy Baroque composer, poet and Keyboard instrument virtuoso. Overshadowed by his contemporaries, Claudio Monteverdi and Heinrich Sch?tz, Valentini is practically forgotten today, although he occupied one of the most prestigious musical posts of his time....
 as court Kapellmeister
Kapellmeister

Kapellmeister is a German language word designating a person in charge of music-making. The word is a compound word, consisting of the roots Kapelle and Meister ....
. He died in Vienna in 1669.

Bertali's compositions are in the manner of other northern Italian composers of the time and include opera
Opera

Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
s, oratorio
Oratorio

An oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and solo ists. The oratorio was somewhat modeled after the opera. Their similarities include the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable Fictional character, and arias....
s, a large number of liturgical works, and chamber music.






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Antonio Bertali (March 1605 – 17 April 1669) was an Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 and violin
Violin

The violin is a Bow string instrument with four strings usually tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest and highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello....
ist of the Baroque
Baroque music

Baroque music describes a period or style of European classical music approximately extending from Dates of classical music eras. This era is said to begin in music after the Renaissance music and was followed by the Classical music era....
 era.

He was born in Verona
Verona

Verona is a city in Veneto, northern Italy, one of the seven provincial capitals in the region. It is one of the main tourist destinations in north-eastern Italy, thanks to its artistic heritage, several annual fairs, shows and operas, such as the lyrical season in the Arena, the ancient amphitheatre built by the Romans....
 and received early music education there. Probably from 1624, he was employed as court musician in Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
 by Emperor Ferdinand II
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor

Ferdinand II , of the House of Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor , King of Bohemia , King of Hungary ....
. In 1649 Bertali succeeded Giovanni Valentini
Giovanni Valentini

Giovanni Valentini was an Italy Baroque composer, poet and Keyboard instrument virtuoso. Overshadowed by his contemporaries, Claudio Monteverdi and Heinrich Sch?tz, Valentini is practically forgotten today, although he occupied one of the most prestigious musical posts of his time....
 as court Kapellmeister
Kapellmeister

Kapellmeister is a German language word designating a person in charge of music-making. The word is a compound word, consisting of the roots Kapelle and Meister ....
. He died in Vienna in 1669.

Bertali's compositions are in the manner of other northern Italian composers of the time and include opera
Opera

Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
s, oratorio
Oratorio

An oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and solo ists. The oratorio was somewhat modeled after the opera. Their similarities include the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable Fictional character, and arias....
s, a large number of liturgical works, and chamber music. Particularly his operas are notable for establishing the tradition of Italian opera seria
Opera seria

Opera seria is an Italian musical term which refers to the noble and "serious" style of Italian opera that predominated in Europe from the 1710s to ca....
 in Vienna. Approximately half of his output is now lost; copies survive made by Bertali's contemporary, Pavel Josef Vejvanovský
Pavel Josef Vejvanovský

Pavel Josef Vejvanovsk? Czech people composer and trumpeter. Contemporary and associate of Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber.Some notable works by Pavel Josef Vejvanovsk?:...
, some of the pieces are currently in possession of Vienna's Hofbibliothek, the library of the Kremsmünster Abbey
Kremsmünster Abbey

Kremsm?nster Abbey is a Benedictine Order monastery in Kremsm?nster in Upper Austria....
 and the Kromeríž
Kromeríž

Kromer? is a town in the Zlin Region of the Czech Republic. The town's main landmark is the Baroque Kromer? Bishop's Palace, where some scenes from Amadeus and Immortal Beloved were filmed....
 archive. The most important source for Bertali's work is, however, the Viennese Distinta Specificatione catalogue, which lists several composers of the Habsburg
Habsburg

The House of Habsburg was an important royal house of Europe and is best known as supplying all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1452 and 1740, as well as rulers of Spanish Empire and the Austrian Empire....
 court and provides titles and scoring for more than 2000 compositions.

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