In the history of music, Gaspare Spontini is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Gaspare Spontini as Italian composer and conductor.
Gaspare Spontini was born at Maiolati Spontini in 1774. His recorded nationality is Papal States. He trained at conservatory.
The concert hall and the public audience were new in this period; music was beginning to be written for buyers rather than employers.
He worked as composer, conductor and music director.
The instruments recorded are violin.
His work is classed as opera.
He performed with Académie des beaux-arts.
Performance is the most perishable art and recording the most durable; a career sits between the two.
Recognition followed: Order of the Red Eagle 3rd Class, Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great and Knight of the Legion of Honour.
That the work came out of Papal States shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Gaspare Spontini died in 1851, aged 77. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Order of the Red Eagle 3rd Class
- Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Instruments: violin
- Genres: opera
