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On 18 December 1676 Carlo
Francesco succeeded his father as the organist at the Brescia Cathedral at which point he resigned from his position at the Santa Maria della Pace. He later was promoted to the post of "capo musico" at the Brescia Cathedral on 12 February 1680; replacing Pietro Pelli as
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characterized by expanded forms and orchestral elaborations. His early work used three part strings in the
Legrenzi and Pallacino tradition of orchestration, but his mid and later works had developed into a richer orchestration of five strings parts and expanded instrumentation of brass and
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Carlo
Francesco's operas became increasingly popular on the Venetian stage during the late 1680s, and in late 1689 he left his post at the Brescia Cathedral and re-located his family to Venice where they settled in the
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from 1669 through 1675. His younger brother Paolo
Pollarolo (b. 1672) was also a professional musician in Brescia, and Paolo's son, Orazio Pollarolo (d. 1765), was an opera composer.
152:, one of the city's top music conservatories, from c. 1696 to c. 1718. He composed four Latin oratorios for performance by the students at the conservatory during his tenure:
86:, in 1676. Carlo Francesco also had a daughter, Giulia, who married the organ builder Giacinto Pescetti. Their son, Carlo Francesco's grandson, was the organist and composer
141:, being completed and staged in November 1722 while he was suffering from a fatal illness. After six months of ill health, he died on February 7, 1723. He is buried in the
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From 1691 through 1707 Carlo
Francesco was the most prolific opera composer in Venice, and he was the most frequently performed composer at the city's top opera house, the
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106:, in 1678. He did not return to opera again, until 1684 when he began a prolific career writing both operas and oratorios, first for performances in Brescia (
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After receiving training in music from his father, Carlo
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In addition to his work as an opera composer and organist, Pollarolo was also the musical director of the
30:(ca. 1653 – 7 February 1723) was an Italian composer, organist, and music director. Known chiefly for his
67:, Carlo Francesco Pollarolo was the son of musician Orazio Pollarolo. His father was the organist at the
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woodwinds. He was the first
Venetian opera composer and one of the earliest Italian composers to use the
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862:(3° atto) (dramma per musica, libretto di Pietro Antonio Bernardoni, 1712, Roma; in collaborazione con
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from 1681 through 1689; an institution which had staged his first opera,
358:(dramma per musica, libretto di Fulgenzio Maria Gualazzi, 1694, Venezia)
900:(dramma per musica, libretto di Carlo Sigismondo Capece, 1715, Vicenza)
906:(dramma per musica, libretto di Pietro Giorgio Barziza, 1716, Venezia)
230:(dramma per musica, libretto by Giulio Cesare Corradi, 1691, Venezia)
500:(dramma per musica, libretto di Pompeo Luchesi, 1697, Reggio Emilia)
746:(drama pastorale per musica, libretto di Pasquaglio, 1707, Vicenza)
256:(dramma per musica, libretto by Giovanni Matteo Giannini, based on
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district. On 13 August 1690 he was appointed second organist at
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668:(dramma per musica, libretto di Pietro D'Averara, 1702, Milano)
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758:(dramma pastorale, libretto Francesco Passarini, 1708, Rovigo)
724:(dramma per musica, libretto di Girolamo Gigli, 1705, Venezia)
468:(dramma per musica, libretto di Domenico David, 1696, Venezia)
872:(dramma per musica, libretto di Antonio Ottoboni, 1713, Roma)
740:(dramma per musica, libretto di Stefano Ghisi, 1706, Venezia)
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422:(dramma per musica, libretto di Rinaldo Calli, 1695, Ferrara)
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208:(dramma per musica, libretto by Matteo Noris, 1686, Venezia)
698:(tragicommedia, libretto di M. A. Gasparini, 1704, Bergamo)
242:(dramma per musica, libretto by Adriano Morselli, based on
202:(dramma per musica, libretto by Matteo Noris, 1685, Venice)
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304:(dramma per musica, libretto di Domenico David, basato su
270:(dramma per musica, libretto by Matteo Noris, 1692, Genoa)
634:(melodramma, libretto di Pietro D'Averara, 1700, Milano)
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La Santa
Genuinda, overo L'innocenza difesa dall'inganno
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carlo francesco pollarolo, written by Pier Leone Ghezzi.
826:(dramma per musica, libretto di Agostino Piovene, dopo
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Termini, Olga (2001). "Pollarolo, Carlo
Francesco".
212:La costanza gelosa negl'amori di Cefalo e Procri
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380:(3° atto) (dramma sacro per musica, libretto di
374:(dramma per musica, dopo Rogatis, 1694, Venezia)
63:Born into the Pollarolo family of musicians in
34:, he wrote a total of 85 of them as well as 13
308:di Rogatis, 1693, Venezia; ripreso anche come
118:and other Italian cities like Milan and Rome.
388:di Molano, 1694, Roma; in collaborazione con
114:, 1685), and then for performances in nearby
622:Il delirio comune per l'incostanza dei genii
714:(tragedia satirica in musica, libretto di
580:(3° atto) (dramma per musica, libretto di
1043:International Music Score Library Project
1039:Free scores by Carlo Francesco Pollarolo
234:Il moto delle stelle osservato da Cupido
206:Il Licurgo, overo Il cieco d'acuta vista
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1034:Magazine de l'opéra baroque (in French)
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812:Engelberta, o La forza dell'innocenza
798:(dramma posto in musica, libretto di
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954:(epitalamio musicale, 1721, Venezia)
752:(pastorale per musica, 1707, Rovigo)
1109:18th-century Italian male musicians
788:(melodramma pastorale, libretto di
738:Flavio Bertarido, re dei Langobardi
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894:(dramma per musica, 1714, Vicenza)
836:(dramma per musica, 1712, Vicenza)
820:(dramma per musica, 1711, Brescia)
814:(dramma per musica, 1711, Brescia)
438:(tragedia per musica, libretto di
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348:(tragedia per musica, libretto di
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402:(tragedia pastorale, libretto di
214:(dramma per musica, 1688, Verona)
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560:(dramma per musica, libretto di
550:(dramma per musica, libretto di
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506:(dramma per musica, libretto di
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318:(dramma per musica, libretto di
286:(dramma per musica, libretto di
276:(dramma per musica, libretto di
200:Il demone amante, overo Giugurta
71:from 1665–1669, and then at the
80:Santa Maria della Pace, Brescia
1104:18th-century Italian composers
1099:17th-century Italian composers
808:(favola pastorale, 1710, Roma)
135:Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo
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548:L'Ulisse sconosciuto in Itaca
240:La pace fra Tolomeo e Seleuco
69:Santi Nazaro e Celso, Brescia
55:in his opera orchestrations.
1079:Italian male opera composers
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716:Girolamo Frigimelica Roberti
690:Girolamo Frigimelica Roberti
688:(tragicommedia, libretto di
440:Girolamo Frigimelica Roberti
430:Girolamo Frigimelica Roberti
404:Girolamo Frigimelica Roberti
366:Girolamo Frigimelica Roberti
350:Girolamo Frigimelica Roberti
170:Davidis de Goliath triumphus
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1119:17th-century male musicians
608:(intermezzo, 1699, Venezia)
504:Circe abbandonata da Ulisse
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997:Pollarolo, Carlo Francesco
88:Giovanni Battista Pescetti
16:Italian composer (d. 1723)
1114:18th-century keyboardists
1059:Italian Baroque composers
952:Il pescatore disingannato
892:Il trionfo della costanza
870:Giulio Cesare nell'Egitto
336:Amage, regina de' Sarmati
28:Carlo Francesco Pollarolo
920:L'innocenza riconosciuta
824:Publio Cornelio Scipione
728:Filippo, re della Grecia
154:Tertius crucis triumphus
1074:Italian opera composers
936:Amore in gara col fasto
762:Igene, regina di Sparta
612:Il colore fa' la regina
390:Giovanni Lorenzo Lulier
310:Creonte tiranno di Tebe
236:(serenata, 1691, Padua)
100:Accademia degli Erranti
1094:Musicians from Brescia
1089:Italian male organists
1028:The Viking Opera Guide
818:La Costanza in trionfo
722:La fede ne' tradimenti
638:Le pazzie degli amanti
554:, 1698, Reggio Emilia)
356:La schiavitù fortunata
274:Iole, regina di Napoli
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786:La ninfa riconosciuta
606:Il giudizio di Paride
514:La clemenza d'Augusto
340:Giulio Cesare Corradi
320:Giulio Cesare Corradi
278:Giulio Cesare Corradi
110:, 1684) and Vienna (
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744:La fede riconosciuta
632:L'inganno di Chirone
568:Il ripudio d'Ottavia
446:Almansore in Alimena
400:Il pastore d'Anfriso
394:Alessandro Scarlatti
325:Gerusalemme liberata
302:La forza della virtù
218:Antonino e Pompeiano
864:Francesco Gasparini
834:Peribea in Salamina
750:La vendetta d'amore
686:La fortuna per dote
590:Antonio Quintavalle
194:I delirii per amore
96:maestro di cappella
1002:Grove Music Online
840:L'infedeltà punita
702:Il giorno di notte
578:L'oracolo in sogno
538:L'enigma disciolto
522:Giovanni Bononcini
498:L'Oreste in Sparta
452:Gli inganni felici
128:St Mark's Basilica
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1084:Italian organists
940:Francesco Silvani
880:Francesco Silvani
844:Francesco Silvani
796:Il Costantino pio
790:Francesco Silvani
772:Il falso Tiberino
582:Francesco Silvani
228:Alboino in Italia
182:Venere travestita
162:Joseph in Aegypto
158:Samson vindicatus
104:Venere travestita
84:Antonio Pollarolo
73:Brescia Cathedral
44:Carlo Pallavicino
40:Giovanni Legrenzi
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806:Amor per gelosia
792:, 1709, Vicenza)
782:, 1709, Venezia)
768:, 1708, Vicenza)
734:, 1706, Venezia)
718:, 1705, Venezia)
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656:L'odio e l'amore
652:, 1701, Venezia)
628:, 1700, Venezia)
618:, 1700, Venezia)
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542:Gli amici rivali
534:, 1698, Venezia)
528:Marzio Coriolano
510:, 1697, Venezia)
492:La forza d'amore
488:, 1697, Venezia)
482:I reggi equivoci
478:, 1696, Firenze)
462:, 1696, Venezia)
442:, 1696, Venezia)
432:, 1695, Venezia)
416:, 1695, Venezia)
386:Santi di Fiandra
368:, 1694, Venezia)
352:, 1694, Venezia)
342:, 1693, Venezia)
332:, 1693, Venezia)
306:Storia di Spagna
298:, 1692, Venezia)
288:Adriano Morselli
284:L'Ibraim sultano
280:, 1692, Venezia)
262:Pierre Corneille
248:Pierre Corneille
222:Antonio Sartorio
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800:Pietro Ottoboni
645:Catone Uticenze
586:Antonio Caldara
436:Ercole in cielo
406:, basato su le
382:Pietro Ottoboni
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290:, basato su
283:
273:
268:Marc'Antonio
267:
257:
253:
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187:
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120:
111:
107:
103:
92:
77:
62:
27:
26:
1069:1723 deaths
472:Tito Manlio
296:Jean Racine
188:Il Roderico
168:(1716) and
124:Santa Croce
108:Il Roderico
1053:Categories
876:Semiramide
866:(2° atto))
596:Lucio Vero
592:(2° atto))
524:(3° atto))
396:(2° atto))
112:La Rosinda
969:Citations
958:L'Arminio
910:Ariodante
756:L'Ergisto
680:Corneille
672:Venceslao
409:Georgiche
258:Stilichon
172:(1718).
166:Rex regum
139:L'Arminio
36:oratorios
946:Astinome
828:Plutarco
712:Il Dafni
458:, after
414:Virgilio
244:Rodogune
164:(1707),
160:(1706),
156:(1703),
1045:(IMSLP)
1041:at the
1022:Sources
926:Farnace
860:Eraclio
678:, dopo
666:Ascanio
460:Erodoto
292:Bajazet
65:Brescia
346:Ottone
116:Venice
32:operas
732:Livio
362:Irene
53:oboe
48:aria
42:and
1007:doi
412:di
328:di
294:di
260:by
246:by
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1005:.
999:.
977:^
778:e
145:.
90:.
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