Composers

Antonio Caldara

Voice
Soprano
Orchestra
Alto
Mixed chorus
Bass
Tenor
Violin
String ensemble
Cello
Secular cantatas
Cantatas
Religious music
Sonata
Operas
Mass
Opera seria
Sacred oratorios
Oratorio
Motet
by popularity

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1 Madrigal and 18 Canons12 Cantatas, D-Dl Mus.1270-I-112 Trio Sonatas, Op.112 Trio Sonatas, Op.213 Madrigals, D-Dl Mus.2170-G-12 Violin Sonatas22 Fugues, I-Vc Torr.Ms.A.10823 Fugues, D-B Mus.ms.27856 Violin Sonatas, A-Wn EM.27

A

A voi, luci adorateAdriano in SiriaAh ingrato pastorelloAhi qual sembianza è quellaAl bel pianto di NiceAlleluia dicite in C majorAndromacaApollo in cieloArda il mio petto amanteAssalonneAstri di quel bel visoAtalipa e Doriene fratelli indiani

B

Beatus vir in B-flat majorBeatus vir in C major, IAC 14Beatus vir in C major, IAC 15Beatus vir in G majorBenedictus Deus in E minorBenedictus Deus in G major

C

Cajo Marzio CoriolanoCanonsCantate da camera a' voce sola, Op.3Caro mea vere est cibusChaconne in B-flat major, Op.2 No.12Che diteChe gusto è mai questoChe prodigioChorus Musarum divino Apollini accinentiumCiro riconosciutoCome raggio di solCompletoriaCrucifixus

D

Di piaceri forieraDi queste ombrose selveD'improvvisoDolce sonno, tu spiegasti

E

E quando mai cor mioEcclisseEgo sum panis vivusEuristeo

F

FamaFarfalletta sconsigliata che ti giovaFarnaceFra pioggie, nevi e gelo

G

Germana, il dì che splendeGesù presentato nel tempioGianguirGioas re di GiudaGionataGioseffo che interpreta i sogniGloria in B minorGloria in C major

H

Haec est Regina virginum

I

I due dittatoriIfigenia in AulideIl BatistaIl giuoco del quadriglioIl martirio di Santa CaterinaIl natale di Minerva TritoniaIl nome più gloriosoIl PolifemoIn questi ameni colliInnocente cor mioIo crudele?Io soffrirò tacendo

K

Kyrie in A minor

L

La concordia de' pianetiLa constanza in amor vince l'ingannoLa contesa de' numiLa morte d'AbelLa rosaLa verità nell'ingannoLa virtùLaboravi in gemitu meoL'amante poveroLauda anima meaLaudate pueri in C minorLe profezie evangeliche di IsaiaLegge pria di non amantiLiviaLucio Papirio dittatore

M

Maddalena ai piedi di CristoMagnificat in C majorMass in A major 'Quia mihi et tibi'Mass in B minor 'Matris dolorosae'Mass in B-flat major 'Sancti Francisci'Mass in C major 'Desiderij'Mass in C major 'Gratiarum'Mass in C major 'Solemnis'Mass in C major 'Venerationis'Mass in D major 'Vix orimur morimur'Mass in D minor 'Providentiae'Mass in E minor 'Comemorationis'Mass in E minor 'Dolorosa'Mass in G minor 'Reformata'Miserere in A minorMorte e sepoltura di CristoMotetti a due e tre voci, Op.4

N

NitocriNon v'è pena ne l'amore

O

O Sacrum conviviumOcchi, che vi diròOrmisda, re di Persia

P

Peccavi super numerumPer comando del mio bene

Q

Quegli occhi vezzosi pietosi

R

Regina coeli laetareRisoluto son già tiranno amore

S

Salve Regina in C minorSanta FermaScipione Africano il maggioreScipione nelle SpagneScorrea presso un ruscelloSe bene a me non pensiSedeciaSei vinto o ingiusto amorSenti, Filli incostanteSinfonia in C majorSinfonia in D majorSiritaSoffri mio caro AlcinoSonata à quattro in B minorSotto il bel di fiori e frondeStabat mater in G minorStanco del grave in carcoSuper flumina Babylonis in F major

T

Te decus virgineum in D majorTe decus virgineum in G majorTe DeumTe Deum in C majorTemistocleTiranne del mio corTitano all'InfernoTranseunte DominoTransfige, dulcissime JesuTrio Sonata in A major, Op.1 No.7Trio Sonata in B minor, Op.1 No.9Trio Sonata in B-flat major, Op.1 No.4Trio Sonata in B-flat major, Op.2 No.2Trio Sonata in C major, Op.2 No.5Trio Sonata in C minor, Op.1 No.6Trio Sonata in D major, Op.2 No.3Trio Sonata in D minor, Op.2 No.1Trio Sonata in E minor, Op.1 No.5Trio Sonata in F major, Op.1 No.1Trio Sonata in G minor, Op.1 No.8Trio Sonata in G minor, Op.2 No.4

V

VenceslaoVersai delle pupille lagrime a milleVi perdei o luci belleVicino a un rivolettoViolin Sonata in F majorVoi che tanto splendoreVola il tempo

È

È qual chosaÈ un martirio della costanza
Wikipedia
Antonio Caldara (1670 – 28 December 1736) was an Italian Baroque composer.
Caldara was born in Venice (exact date unknown), the son of a violinist. He became a chorister at St Mark's in Venice, where he learned several instruments, probably under the instruction of Giovanni Legrenzi. In 1699 he relocated to Mantua, where he became maestro di cappella to the inept Charles IV, Duke of Mantua, a pensionary of France with a French wife, who took the French side in the War of the Spanish Succession. Caldara removed from Mantua in 1707, after the French were expelled from Italy, then moved on to Barcelona as chamber composer to Charles III, the pretender to the Spanish throne (following the death of Charles II of Spain in 1700 without any direct heir) and who kept a royal court at Barcelona. There, he wrote some operas that are the first Italian operas performed in Spain. He moved on to Rome, becoming maestro di cappella to Francesco Maria Marescotti Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Cerveteri. While there he wrote in 1710 La costanza in amor vince l'inganno (Faithfulness in Love Defeats Treachery) for the public theatre at Macerata.
With the unexpected death of Emperor Joseph I from smallpox at the age of 32 in April 1711, Caldara deemed it prudent to renew his connections with Charles III – soon to become Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI – as he travelled from Spain to Vienna via northern Italy. Caldara visited Vienna in 1712, but found Marc'Antonio Ziani and Johann Joseph Fux firmly ensconced in the two highest musical posts. He stopped at the Salzburg court on his return journey to Rome, where he was well received (and to which he subsequently sent one new opera annually from 1716 to 1727). In 1716, following the death the previous year of Ziani and the promotion of Fux to Hofkapellmeister, Caldara was appointed Vize-Kapellmeister to the Imperial Court in Vienna, and there he remained until his death.
Caldara is best known as a composer of operas, cantatas and oratorios. Several of his works have libretti by Pietro Metastasio, the court poet at Vienna from 1729.
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