Musicians - Marco Uccellini

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de:Marco Uccellini Marco Uccellini (Forlimpopoli, 1603 or 1610-1680) was a Baroque violinist and composer.

Life

His life is poorly known. Uccellini studied in the Asis seminary. He became musical director (Capo degl’ instrumentisti) of the Este court in Modena from 1641 to 1662, and was the musical director (maestro di cappella ) of the Modena cathedral from 1647 to 1665. After he served as maestro di cappella at the Farnese court in Parma until his death.

Works

Uccellini mainly composed instrumental music. Some examples are:

Ozio regio, Op. 7
Sinfonia "La Gran Battaglia"
Sinfonia "La Suavissiva"
Sinfonici concerti brevi e facili, Op. 9
Sonate, arie et correnti, Op 3
Sonate, correnti et arie, Op 4
Sonate, over canzoni, Op. 5
Sonate, sinfonie et correnti, Op. 2
Sinfonie Boscarecie, Op. 8, a collection of 37 small pieces for violin and basso continuo joined ad libitum by a second and third violins. The first edition of the sheet music was printed in Venice in 1660 but a version reprinted in Antwerp in 1669 was used in the freely available version

Contributions as violinist

Uccellini contributed to the bow technique introducing the sixth position . He also was one of the first using the scordatura.

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