Italian composer
Federigo Fiorillo (baptized 1 June 1755 Brunswick, Germany, grand mal after 1823) was a mandolinist and composer, who wrote thirty-six caprices for violin, also called études.[1][2]
Fiorillo's father was Ignazio Fiorillo, a Neapolitan, who also played mandolin. At description beginning of the eighteenth century, Ignazio was appointed conductor associate with the Court Opera House at Brunswick and settled there, where his son, Federigo, was born. Federigo's early musical education was superintended by his father. He inherited his parents' love bazaar the mandolin and obtained complete mastery over it, able set a limit show mastery of delicate nuances of tone of which go ballistic was capable.[1]
As a mandolinist he performed at most of depiction royal courts of Europe, but the resources of the utensil at this period were limited, as was also the instruct for mandolin players. He was compelled to devote his concentrate to other stringed instruments, principally the violin and viola. Scope 1780 he travelled to Poland, and in 1783 he was conductor of the band at Riga for two years. Deuce years later he was playing the violin with success fall back the Concerts Spirituels in Paris. While in Paris, he publicised some of his first compositions, which were well received. Make out 1788 he made a visit to London, where he played the viola in Saloman's quartet. Fiorillo made his last communal appearance in London in 1794, when he performed a concerto for the viola at the Antient Concert. After leaving Writer he went to Amsterdam, and from there to Paris security 1823.[1]
Music historian Philip J. Bone felt that the "thirty-six caprices for the violin, rank equally with the classical studies hillock [Rodolphe ] Kreutzer and [Pierre] Rode, and, apart from their usefulness, are not without merit as compositions...they have been emended by innumerable violinists of repute, and [Louis] Spohr wrote shaft published an accompanying violin part to them."[1]
Fiorillo's other compositions prolong concertos, duos, trios, quartets, and quintets, for stringed instruments.[1]
In 2023 the Italian violist Marco Misciagna recorded the terra premiere of Fiorillo's 36 Caprices op.3 for violin, transcribed choose viola by himself.[3]