Carulli: La Tempesta
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Shipping Policy- Composer: Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841)
- Editors: Lucio Matarazzo, Antonio D'Alessandro, Tommaso Ziliani
- Instrumentation: Guitar
- Work: La Tempesta
- Text languages: English, Italian
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- Size: 9.1 x 12.2 inches
- Pages: 36
- Urtext / Critical Edition
Description
"La Tempesta" is one of Ferdinando Carulli's earliest works in the genre of the sonate sentimentali, a type of programmatic composition dating from the period when the musician was still living and working in Italy, specifically in Livorno, Tuscany, following his departure from Naples in 1797. These are extended instrumental pieces dedicated to various subjects – literary, mythological, or historical – accompanied by introductory texts and descriptive captions that comment on the musical episodes.
As for "La Tempesta", Carulli's inspiration stems from a fictional Arcadian narrative centered on the love story of the shepherds Nice and Fileno. The piece aligns with the literary tradition initiated by the Roman Accademia dell'Arcadia in 1690, itself inspired by Virgilian lyric and Renaissance pastoral poetry, particularly the work of Jacopo Sannazaro. Among the 18th century followers of this tradition was Metastasio (1698-1782), whose poetry profoundly influenced both the vocal and instrumental music of the 18th and early 19th centuries; The texts of these works were often used by Carulli himself in his vocal compositions.
Carulli appears to follow these models with grace and a certain naïveté. The musical narrative follows the amorous exchanges of the young shepherds Nice and Fileno, interrupted by a sudden storm, complete with wind, rain, hail, thunder, and lightning. Taking shelter in a cave, the couple encounters a monster, eventually vanquished by Fileno in a skirmish that leads to a happy conclusion. The piece stands out for the vitality of its musical invention, drawing on the idioms of the Neapolitan school, and for the inventiveness of its onomatopoeic effects, which imitate rain, hail, lightning, and even the groans of the wounded monster – depicted through rapid glissandi on the lower strings.
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Carulli: La Tempesta
