Giovanni Battista Gervasio

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Giovanni Battista Gervasio (c. 1725 - c. 1785) was an Italian musician and composer. Born in Naples he was one of the first generation of virtuoso-mandolinists who left Italy and played the mandolin in Europe in the 18th century. He was a composer for the mandolin and his works can be found scattered in 18th century collections such as the Gimo music collection and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. He also wrote a mandolin method Methode facile pour apprendre a quatre cordes, instrument pour les dames (Easy method for learning four-string instruments for ladies), published in Paris in 1767. He performed in London 1768 and in Frankfurt-on-the-Main on December 10, 1777, and the Concert Spirituel in Paris on December 24, 1784 . He advertised in 1785 that he was master of singing and mando rdf:langString
Giovanni Battista Gervasio (Napoli, 1725 – Grenoble, 1785) è stato un compositore italiano. Fu uno dei primi virtuosi a lasciare l'Italia e suonare il mandolino in Europa nel XVIII secolo. Fu un compositore per mandolino e le sue opere si trovano sparse in collezioni del XVIII secolo come la “Collezione Gimo” presso l’università di Uppsala e la Biblioteca nazionale di Francia. Gervasio insegnò a Grenoble nel 1785, dove si stabilì e morì nello stesso anno. rdf:langString
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rdf:langString Giovanni Battista Gervasio (c. 1725 - c. 1785) was an Italian musician and composer. Born in Naples he was one of the first generation of virtuoso-mandolinists who left Italy and played the mandolin in Europe in the 18th century. He was a composer for the mandolin and his works can be found scattered in 18th century collections such as the Gimo music collection and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. He also wrote a mandolin method Methode facile pour apprendre a quatre cordes, instrument pour les dames (Easy method for learning four-string instruments for ladies), published in Paris in 1767. He performed in London 1768 and in Frankfurt-on-the-Main on December 10, 1777, and the Concert Spirituel in Paris on December 24, 1784 . He advertised in 1785 that he was master of singing and mandolin to Her Royal Highess, the Princess of Prussia. A work of music addressed to her exists today in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Gervasio advertised his teaching services in Grenoble in 1785. As the last known advertisement for him, it has been proposed that he settled and later died there.
rdf:langString Giovanni Battista Gervasio (Napoli, 1725 – Grenoble, 1785) è stato un compositore italiano. Fu uno dei primi virtuosi a lasciare l'Italia e suonare il mandolino in Europa nel XVIII secolo. Fu un compositore per mandolino e le sue opere si trovano sparse in collezioni del XVIII secolo come la “Collezione Gimo” presso l’università di Uppsala e la Biblioteca nazionale di Francia. Scrisse anche il Metodo facile per imparare gli strumenti a quattro corde per donne, pubblicato a Parigi nel 1767. Si esibì a Londra nel 1768 e a Francoforte sul Meno il 10 dicembre 1777 e a Parigi il 24 dicembre 1784. Nel 1785 divenne maestro del canto e del mandolino per Sua Altezza Reale la Principessa di Prussia. Un'opera musicale a lei indirizzata esiste oggi nella Biblioteca nazionale di Francia. Gervasio insegnò a Grenoble nel 1785, dove si stabilì e morì nello stesso anno.
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