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Marianna Martines
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Marianna Martines, also Marianne von Martinez (4 May 1744 – 13 December 1812), was a composer, pianist, and singer of the classical period, based in Vienna, Austria. Already as a child Martines was good enough to perform before the Imperial court, where according to the Helene Wessely, she "attracted attention with her beautiful voice and her keyboard playing." The adult Marianna was frequently asked to perform before the Empress Maria Theresa. A number of the works that Martines composed are set for solo voice, and her biographers (Godt, Wessely) conjecture that the first singer of these works was their composer. If so, they constitute further evidence for her ability, as the music shows a "predilection for coloratura passages, leaps over wide intervals and trills indicat[ing] that she herself must have been an excellent singer." (Wessely). Martines wrote a number of secular cantatas and two oratorios to Italian texts. These texts are, naturally enough, the work of her mentor Metastasio. Surviving compositions include four masses, six motets, and three litanies for choir. She wrote in the Italian style, as was typical for the early Classical period in Vienna. Her harpsichord performance practice was compared to the style of C.P.E. Bach. Martines's compositions were well regarded in her time, and some scholars have suggested that Mozart modeled his 1768 Mass, V. 139, after the "Christe" of Martines's Mass No. 1 in D major. The Michaelerkirche (St. Michael's Church, next
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Ouverture in C Major: I. Allegro con spirito
5132Piano Concerto in A Major: III. Allegro assai
5043Sonata per Cembalo in A Major: II. Adagio
1984Sonata per Cembalo in A Major: I. Allegro
1945Ouverture in C Major: III. Allegro spiritoso
1726Sonata per Cembalo in A Major: III. Tempo di Minuetto
1687Psalm 110: I. Dixit Dominus
1128Ouverture in C Major: II. Andante ma non troppo
1119Symphony in C Major: I. Allegro con spirito
9410Concerto per Cembalo in E Major: II. Andante
84albums
Marianna Martines: Il Primo Amore
Martines: Symphony in C Major, Psalms 110 & 151
Marianna Martines: La tempesta
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Sinfonia in C Major: I. Allegro con spirito (Radio Edit)
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Martines: The Complete Keyboard Works
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Spanish Piano Concertos
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Marianna Martines - Sonate G-Dur - III. Allegro assai
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