Paisiello at the clavichord, by Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, 1791. The score is Nina, o la pazza d'amore.

Giovanni Paisiello (or Paesieixo) (May 9, 1740 – June 5, 1816), was an Italian composer of the Classical era. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (450x614, 44 KB)Portrait of Giovanni Paisiello by Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, 1791. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (450x614, 44 KB)Portrait of Giovanni Paisiello by Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, 1791. ... Self-portrait, 1782 Marie-Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (April 16, 1755 - March 30, 1842) was a French painter, the most famous woman painter of the 18th century. ... May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... Events May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I. October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). ... June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... The Classical period in Western music occurred from about 1730 and 1820, but there was considerable overlap at both ends with preceding and following periods, as is true for all musical eras. ...

Paisiello was born at Taranto, where he attended the Jesuit college. The beauty of his singing voice attracted so much attention that in 1754 he was sent to the Conservatorio di S. Onofrio at Naples, where he studied under Francesco Durante, and in due course became assistant master. For the theatre of the Conservatorio, which he left in 1763, he wrote some intermezzi, one of which attracted so much notice that he was invited to write two operas, La Pupilla and Il Mondo al Rovescio, for Bologna, and a third, Il Marchese di Tidipano, for Rome. Map of Italy showing Taranto in the bottom right Taranto is a coastal city in Apulia, southern Italy. ... It has been suggested that Brothers of the Society of Jesus be merged into this article or section. ... 1754 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Naples panorama Naples (Italian Napoli, Neapolitan Napule, from Greek Νέα Πόλις - Néa Pólis - meaning New City; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the largest city in southern Italy and capital of Campania Region and the Province of Naples. ... Francesco Durante (March 15, 1684 - August 13, 1755) was an Italian composer. ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Bologna (pronounced , from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in the local dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, between the Po River and the Apennines. ...

His reputation being now firmly established, he settled for some years at Naples, where, despite the popularity of Niccolò Piccinni, Domenico Cimarosa and Pietro Guglielmi, of whose triumphs he was bitterly jealous, he produced a series of highly successful operas, one of which, L'ldolo cinese, made a deep impression upon the Neapolitan public. Naples panorama Naples (Italian Napoli, Neapolitan Napule, from Greek Νέα Πόλις - Néa Pólis - meaning New City; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the largest city in southern Italy and capital of Campania Region and the Province of Naples. ... Niccolo Piccinni (January 16, 1728 - May 7, 1800) was an Italian composer of classical music. ... Domenico Cimarosa (December 17, 1749-January 11, 1801), Italian opera composer, was born at Aversa, in the kingdom of Naples. ... Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi (December 9, 1728 - November 19, 1804) was an Italian composer, born at Massa di Carrara. ...

In 1772 Paisiello began to write church music, and composed a requiem for Gennara Borbone. In the same year he married Cecilia Pallini, and the marriage was a happy one. In 1776 Paisiello was invited by the empress Catherine II of Russia to St Petersburg, where he remained for eight years, producing, among other charming works, his masterpiece, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, which soon attained a European reputation. The fate of this opera marks an epoch in the history of Italian art; for with it the gentle suavity cultivated by the masters of the 18th century died out to make room for the dazzling brilliance of a later period. 1772 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the year 1776. ... Catherine II of Russia Catherine the Great (April 21, 1729—November 6, 1796 (O.S.)), born Sophie Augusta Fredericka of Anhalt-Zerbst, reigned as Empress of Russia from June 28, 1762 until her death. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...

When, in 1816, Gioachino Rossini set a newly revised and updated version of the libretto to music, under the title of Almaviva, it was hissed from the stage; yet, under its changed title, Il Barbiere, it is now acknowledged as Rossini's greatest work, while Paisiello's opera is consigned to oblivion -- a strange instance of poetical vengeance, since Paisiello himself had many years previously endeavoured to eclipse the fame of Pergolesi by resetting the libretto of his famous intermezzo, La Serva padrona. 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (February 29, 1792 — November 13, 1868) was an Italian musical composer who wrote more than 30 operas as well as sacred music and chamber music. ... Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (January 4, 1710 - March 16, 1736) was an Italian composer, violinist and organist. ...

Paisiello left Russia in 1784, and, after producing Il Re Teodoro at Vienna, entered the service of Ferdinand IV at Naples, where he composed many of his best operas, including Nina and La Molinara. After many vicissitudes, resulting from political and dynastic changes, he was invited to Paris (1802) by Napoleon, whose favor he had won five years previously by a march composed for the funeral of General Hoche. Napoleon treated him munificently, while cruelly neglecting two far greater composers, Luigi Cherubini and Etienne Méhul, to whom the new favorite transferred the hatred he had formerly borne to Cimarosa, Guglielmi and Piccinni. 1784 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Ferdinand IV is the name of: Ferdinand IV of Castile (1289-1312, king of Castile and León from 1295) Ferdinand IV of Germany (1633-1654, king of the Romans from 1653, of Bohemia from 1646, of Hungary from 1647) Ferdinand IV of Naples (1751-1825, king 1759-1799; 1799... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... Louis Lazare Hoche (June 24, 1768 - September 19, 1797) was a French general. ... Luigi Cherubini (September 14, 1760 – March 15, 1842) was an Italian composer. ... Etienne Henri (or Nicolas) Méhul (June 24, 1763 - October 18, 1817), was a French composer. ...

Paisiello conducted the music of the court in the Tuileries with a stipend of 10,000 francs and 4800 for lodging, but he entirely failed to conciliate the Parisian public, who received his opera Proserpine so coldly that, in 1803, he requested and with some difficulty obtained permission to return to Italy, upon the plea of his wife's ill health. On his arrival at Naples Paisiello was reinstated in his former appointments by Joseph Bonaparte and Joachim Murat, but he had taxed his genius beyond its strength, and was unable to meet the demands now made upon it for new ideas. His prospects, too, were precarious. The power of the Bonaparte family was tottering to its fall; and Paisiello's fortunes fell with it. The death of his wife in 1815 tried him severely. His health failed rapidly, and constitutional jealousy of the popularity of others was a source of worry and vexation. Joseph Bonaparte Joseph Bonaparte (January 7, 1768 – July 28, 1844) was the elder brother of the French Emperor Napoleon I, who made him King of Naples (1806–1808) and King of Spain (1808–1813). ... Joachim Murat, King of Naples, Marshal of France Murat portrait, by François Pascal Simon, Baron Gérard, c. ...

Paisiello's operas (of which he is known to have composed 94) abound with melodies, the graceful beauty of which is still warmly appreciated. Perhaps the best known of these airs is the famous "Nel cor più non mi sento" from La Molinara, immortalized by Beethoven's variations. His church music was very voluminous, comprising eight masses, besides many smaller works; he also produced fifty-one instrumental compositions and many detached pieces. Manuscript scores of many of his operas were presented to the library of the British Museum by Domenico Dragonetti. Ludwig van Beethoven by Carl Jäger (Date unknown). ... The main entrance to the British Museum. ... Domenico Dragonetti with his Gasparo da Salò double bass Domenico Carlo Maria Dragonetti (April 9, 1763 - April 16, 1846), was an Italian double bass player, born in Venice. ...

The library of the Gerolamini at Naples possesses an interesting manuscript compilation recording Paisiello's opinions on contemporary composers, and exhibiting him as a somewhat severe critic, especially of the work of Pergolesi.

Works

• Il ciarlone (12.5.1764, Bologna)
• I francesi brillanti (24.6.1764, Bologna)
• Madama l'umorista, o Gli stravaganti (26.1.1765, Modena)
• L'amore in ballo (carn.1765, Venezia SM)
• I bagni d'Abano (spr.1765, Parma)
• Demetrio (Lent.1765, Modena)
• Il negligente (1765, Parma)
• Le virtuose ridicole (1765, Parma)
• Le nozze disturbate (carn.1776, Venezia SM)
• Le finte contesse (2.1766, Roma V) [Il Marchese di Tulissano?]
• La vedova di bel genio (spr.1766, Napoli N)
• L'idolo cinese (spr.1767, Napoli N)
• Lucio Papirio dittatore (sum.1767, Napoli SC)
• Il furbo malaccorto (win.1767, Napoli N)
• Le 'mbroglie de la Bajasse (1767 Napoli F)
• Alceste in Ebuda, ovvero Olimpia (20.1.1768, Napoli SC)
• Festa teatrale in musica (31.5.1768, Napoli PR) [Le nozze di Peleo e Tetide]
• La luna abitata (sum.1768, Napoli N)
• La finta maga per vendetta (aut?.1768, Napoli F)
• L'osteria di Marechiaro (win.1768, Napoli F)
• La serva fatta padrona (sum.1769, Napoli F) [rev. Le 'mbroglie de la Bajasse]
• Don Chisciotte della Mancia (sum.1769, Napoli F)
• L'arabo cortese (win.1769 Napoli N)
• La Zelmira, o sia La marina del Granatello (sum.1770 Napoli N)
• Le trame per amore (7.10.1770 Napoli N)
• Annibale in Torino (16.1.1771 Torino TR)
• La somiglianza de' nomi (spr.1771 Napoli N)
• I scherzi d'amore e di fortuna (sum.1771 Napoli N)
• Artaserse (26.12.1771 Modena)
• Semiramide in villa (carn.1772 Roma Ca)
• Motezuma (1.1772 Roma D)
• La Dardanè (spr.1772 Napoli N)
• Gli amante comici (aut.1772 Napoli N)
• Don Anchise Campanone (1773 Venezia) [rev. Gli amante comici]
• L'innocente fortunata (carn.1773 Venezia SM)
• Sismano nel Mogol (carn.1773 Milano RD)
• Il tamburo (spr.1773 Napoli N) [Il tamburo notturno]
• Alessandro nell'Indie (26.12.1773 Modena)
• Andromeda (carn.1774 Milano RD)
• Il duello (spr.1774 Napoli N)
• Il credulo deluso (aut.1774 Napoli N)
• La frascatana (aut.1774 Venezia SS) [L'infante de Zamora]
• Il divertimento dei numi (4.12.1774 Napoli PR)
• Demofoonte (carn.1775 Venezia SB)
• La discordia fortunata (carn.1775 Venezia SS) [L'avaro deluso]
• L'amor ingegnoso, o sia La giovane scaltra (carn.1775 Padova)
• Le astuzie amorose (spr.1775 Napoli N)
• Socrate immaginario (aut.1775 Napoli N)
• Il gran Cid (3.11.1775 Firenze P)
• Le due contesse (3.1.1776 Roma V)
• La disfatta di Dario (carn.1776 Roma A)
• Dal finto il vero (spr.1776 Napoli N)
• Nitteti (28.1.1777 St. Peterburg)
• Lucinda e Armidoro (aut.1777 St. Peterburg)
• Achille in Sciro (6.2.1778 St. Peterburg)
• Lo sposo burlato (24.7.1778 St. Peterburg)
• Gli astrologi immaginari (14.2.1779 St. Peterburg E) [Le philosophe imaginaire]
• Il matrimonio inaspettato (1779 Kammenïy Ostrov) [La contadina di spirito]
• La finta amante (5.6.1780 Mogilev) [Camiletta]
• Alcide al bivio (6.12.1780 St. Peterburg E)
• La serva padrona (10?.9.1781 Tsarskoye Selo)
• Il duello comico (1782 Tsarskoye Selo) [rev. Il duello]
• Il barbiere di Siviglia, ovvero La precauzione inutile (26.9.1782 St. Peterburg)
• Il mondo della luna (1782 Kammenïy Ostrov)
• Il re Teodoro in Venezia (23.8.1784 Wien B)
• Antigono (12.10.1785 Napoli SC)
• La grotta di Trofonio (12.1785 Napoli F)
• Olimpiade (20.1.1786 Napoli SC)
• Le gare generose (spr.1786 Napoli F) [Gli schiavi per amore; Le bon maître, ou L'esclave par amour]
• Pirro (12.1.1787 Napoli SC)
• Il barbiere di Siviglia, ovvero La precauzione inutile [rev] (1787 Napoli F)
• La modista raggiratrice (aut.1787 Napoli F) [La scuffiara amante, o sia Il maestro di scuola napolitano; La scuffiara raggiratrice]
• Giunone e Lucina (8.9.1787 Napoli SC)
• Fedra (1.1.1788 Napoli SC)
• L'amor contrastato (carn.1789 Napoli F) [L'amor contrastato o sia La molinarella]
• Catone in Utica (5.2.1789 Napoli SC)
• Nina, o sia La pazza per amore (25.6.1789 Caserta)
• I zingari in fiera (21.11.1789 Napoli Fo)
• Le vane gelosie (spr.1790 Napoli F)
• Zenobia in Palmira (30.5.1790 Napoli SC)
• La molinara (1790 Wien) [rev. L'amor contrastato]
• Nina, o sia La pazza per amore [rev] (1790 Napoli F)
• Ipermestra (6.1791 Padova)
• La locanda (16.6.1791 London Pantheon) [La locanda di falcone; Lo stambo in Berlina]
• I giuochi d'Agrigento (16.5.1792 Venezia F)
• Il fanatico in Berlina (1792 Napoli F) [rev. La locanda]
• Il ritorno d'Idomeneo (aut.1792 Perugia)
• Elfrida (4.11.1792 Napoli SC) [Adevolto]
• Elvira (12.1.1794 Napoli SC)
• Didone abbandonata (4.11.1794 Napoli SC)
• Nina, o sia La pazza per amore [rev 2] (1795 Napoli F)
• Chi la dura la vince (9.6.1797 Milano S)
• La Daunia felice (26.6.1797 Foggia)
• Andromaca (4.11.1797 Napoli SC)
• L'inganno felice (1798 Napoli Fo)
• Proserpine (28.3.1803 Paris O)
• Elisa (19.3.1807 Napoli SC) [+ Mayr]
• I pittagorici (19.3.1808 Napoli SC)

External links

• Free scores by Giovanni Paisiello in the Werner Icking Music Archive

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Reference

This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, a publication in the public domain. Encyclopædia Britannica, the 11th edition The 11th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1910–1911) is perhaps the most famous edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...