Giacomo Antonio Perti belongs to the musical record as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Giacomo Antonio Perti as Italian composer (1661-1756).
Giacomo Antonio Perti was born at Bologna in 1661.
Music then was written to commission, for a court, a church or a patron, and a composer's freedom was bounded by whoever paid.
He worked as opera composer, violinist and chapelmaster.
The instruments recorded are violin.
His work is classed as opera.
Music outlives its context more reliably than any other art, and usually for reasons its makers did not predict.
Giacomo Antonio Perti died in 1756, aged 95. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Instruments: violin
- Genres: opera
