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Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer
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Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer Count Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (born November 2, 1692, Delden – died November 9, 1766, The Hague) was a Dutch diplomat and composer. His most important surviving compositions are the Concerti Armonici, which until recently have been falsely attributed to the Italian composer Giovanni Pergolesi (1710-1736). Unico Willem Van Wassenaer was born into a distinguished family of wealth, power and accomplishment. He studied law and other courses in Leiden and in 1723 married Dodnea Lucia van Goslinga, who gave him three children. Van Wassenaer occupied high diplomatic, military and commercial posts. It is known that he was respected not only as a diplomat but also as a musician. Between 1725 and 1740 he wrote the Concerti Armonici, but being a nobleman he did not want to publish them in his own name (or because he doubted his ability as a composer). The concertos were published in 1740 by the Italian violin player Carlo Ricciotti (1681–1756), to whom the concertos would be attributed at first. Van Wassenaer has therefore been called "the mystery composer." The Polish composer François Lessel (1780?–1835) asserted incorrectly that the concertos were written by Pergolesi. Since the style of the concertos is Italian, laid out in typical Roman fashion with four parts for violin and consisting of four parts instead of the Venetian three, they are comparable to works by Pietro Locatelli. However, in 1979-80 a manuscript of the six concerti was found in
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Concerto Armonico No. 1 in G Major: Grave
5,3282Concerto Armonico No. 1 in G Major: Allegro
9753Van Wassenaer: Concerto Armonico No. 2 in B-Flat Major: III. Adagio affettuoso
5544Concerto Armonico No. 1 in G Major: Un poco andante
3465Concerto Armonico No. 2 in B-Flat Major: Allegro moderato
3116Concerto Armonico No. 5 in F Minor: A tempo comodo (con sordini)
2807Concerto Armonico No. 2 in B-Flat Major: Largo andante
2608Concerto Armonico No. 2 in B-Flat Major: Da capella presto
2489Concerto Armonico No. 6 in E-Flat Major: Vivace
17010Concerto Armonico No. 3 in A Major: Largo andante
159albums
Wassenaer: Concerti Armonici
Wassenaer: 6 Concerti armonici
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Van Wassenaer : 6 Concerti Armonici - APEX
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Van Wassenaer: VI Concerti Armonici
Van Wassenaer: 6 Concerti Armonici
Dutch Recorder Sonatas and Harpsichord Works
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Wassenaer: 6 Concerti Armonici (attrib. Pergolesi)
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Recorder Recital: Schneider, Michael - Handel, G.F. / Telemann, G.P. / Barsanti, F. / Scarlatti, A. / Sammartini, G. / Mancini, F. / Castrucci, P.
Maderna & Berio: Now, And Then
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Tranquillity – A Compilation Of Beautiful Slow Movements
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Wassenaer: Concerti Armonici (attrib. Pergolesi)
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Myslivecek: Sinfonia in A Major / Wassenaer: Concerto in G Major / Janacek: Suite for Strings