Pedro António Avondano (1714-1782) - Sonata em Do Maior
104Feliz aniversário Pedro António Avondano! 🎹🎭
Composer: Pedro António Avondano (1714-1782)
Work: Sonata em Do Maior
Performers: Rosana Lanzеlοttе (harpsichord)
Drawing: Robert Sayer (1725-1794) - Gezicht op het Koninklijk Paleis te Lissabon (1752)
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Engraving: Anonymous (18th Century) - Gezicht op Lissabon (1726)
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Further info: https://www.amazon.es/Avondano-Sonatas-harpsichord-Rosana-Lanzelotte/dp/B000LC3RZM
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Pedro (Pietro) António Avondano [Avondanij, Avandano]
(Lisbon, bap. 16 April 1714 - Lisbon, 1782)
Portuguese composer and violinist. The son of a Genoese-born violinist, he probably received his earliest musical education from his father and later probably also studied under Domenico Scarlatti. Much of the information concerning his education and training is unknown due to the destruction of documents in the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, but it is known that he was commissioned by the theatre in Macerata, Italy, to compose an opera, Berenice, in 1742. By 1764 he was appointed as principal violinist of the Royal Chamber, a post he held until his death. During this time, he wrote a substantial number of dances for the court, as well as a popular opera, 'Il mondo della luna', and a pair of oratorios in 1770, 'Il voto di Jefte' and 'Adamo ed Eva'. He also composed a large number of sacred works, including Masses, a Te Deum, Psalms, and other smaller works, in addition to keyboard sonatas and two symphonies. Other members of the Avondano family, all active in the Real Câmara, include his brother António José Avondano (c.1715-1783) and his son Joaquim Pedro Avondano (c.1760-1804), João Francisco Avondano (1713-1794), Joaquim António Avondano (?-1828) and João Baptista Andre Avondano (fl. 1769-1801), who published a set of Quattro sonate e due duetti for two cellos (c.1784) and was a pupil of Jean Pierre Duport.