Francesco Mancini

Born: 1672
Died: 1737
Education: A generation of composers including Fago and Sarro who established themselves during Alessandro Scarlatti’s absence from Naples between 1702 and 1708.
Career: Director of the Conservatorio di S Maria di Loreto as well as being first organist and maestro of the Capella Reale

An important teacher, Mancini was Director of the Conservatorio di S Maria di Loreto as well as being first organist and maestro of the Capella Reale in Scarlatti’s absence. Upon Scarlatti’s return to Naples, Mancini worked as his deputy, only resuming his previous positions on the older composer’s death in 1725. Mancini’s music is typically Neapolitan. His works are full of the sudden and unpredictable harmonic shifts which made early 18th century Neapolitan music sound so dramatic. His works include 29 operas, his operatic style combining contrapuntal elements of the past with the new buffa style, 7 serenatas, 12 oratorios, more than 200 hundred secular cantatas in addition to assorted sacred music and a small amount of instrumental music. Perhaps best known for his recorder sonatas, Mancini’s vocal works are greatly undervalued and show a concise and masterful style in miniature, influenced of course by his master Scarlatti, but displaying an individual inventiveness in melody and recitative structure. works: All Works: Mancini, F Alessandro il grande in Sidone: Sinfonia Allegro Canta e dì caro usignolo (from Traiano) Concerto in G minor for Alto Recorder Concerto in G minor for recorder, two violins, cello and basso continuo Concerto No. 19 in E minor Concerto No. 20 in C minor Concerto No. 6 in D minor Dir vorrei quel bel contento Filli mia, tu infedele Flute Concerto No. 1 in C minor Flute Concerto No. 5 in G major Flute Concerto No. 8 in C minor Flute Concerto No. 10 in B flat major Flute Concerto No. 12 in G minor Flute Concerto No. 14 in G minor Flute Concerto No. 17 in F major Flute Concerto No. 18 in A minor Flute Concerto No. 18 in F major L'Idaspe fedele - Symphony Largo Missa Septimus Non voglio più catene Quanto dolce è quell’ardore Quanto mai saria più bello Recitatif Recorder Sonata No. 1 in D minor Recorder Sonata No. 2 in E minor Recorder Sonata No. 3 in C minor Recorder Sonata No. 4 in A minor Recorder Sonata No. 5 in D major Recorder Sonata No. 6 in B flat Recorder Sonata No. 7 in C major Recorder Sonata No. 8 in G minor Recorder Sonata No. 9 in F minor Recorder Sonata No. 10 in B minor Recorder Sonata No. 11 in G minor Recorder Sonata No. 12 in G major Recorder Sonata No. 13 in G minor Recorder Sonata No. 20 in C minor Sinfonia from the opera Gl'Amanti Generosi Sonata Decima Nona Sonata for Recorder Two Violins and Continuo in D minor Sonata in D minor Sonata in E minor Sonata No. 1 in D minor Sonata No. 1 in D minor: Amoroso Sonata No. 12 in G major Sonata No. 14 in G minor Sonata No. 17 in A minor Sonata No. 19 in E minor Sonata No. 4 in A minor Sonata No. 6 in D minor Sonata No. 7 in C major Sonata No. 8 in C minor Sonate VII Spera sì, mio caro bene Spirti fieri alla vendetta Va sospirando il core