。今天在Classic FM上翻找某毛的黑历史时，恰好看到了阿尔比诺尼。阿尔比诺尼家里是生产扑克牌的？可怜的阿尔比诺尼最后两年都卧床不起（这是有可能的，因为糖尿病确实会引起下肢障碍…）？这些事实可能无关紧要，但是对于我们而言聊胜于无啦。
Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751) was an Italian Baroque composer and contemporary of Vivaldi. Albinoni was famous in his day as an opera composer, however he is mainly remembered today for his instrumental music including his Adagio in G Minor. （每次看到G小调柔版，我都想给阿尔比诺尼老兄点个蜡烛；每次看到提到他就必须拿红毛做个引子，我就想给阿尔比诺尼再点个蜡烛）
Life and Music
Born into a wealthy family of paper manufacturers who produced playing cards and owned several shops in Venice, Albinoni squandered his gifts as a young man. （之前只知道尼尼家里做生意有点钱，原来他们还是做桌游的……）
Despite his exceptional talents as a singer, violinist and composer, during his teen years he indulged in the life of a talented ‘amateur’ among artistic friends. The success of his Op. 1 Trio Sonatas in 1694 quickly changed all that. （想到Talbot那篇评论尼尼的《专业的业余者》了。有空一定会翻译出来。）
The Venetian public began to tire of the old operatic formulae, and at this point, Albinoni came close to giving up. （那不勒斯乐派对威尼斯乐派的冲击力是几乎毁灭的。阿尔比诺尼可能有点经济基础，还可以放弃；而维瓦尔第则为了保持收入，一是风格有意向那不勒斯乐派靠拢，二是……维瓦尔第在他一部丧心病狂的集成剧中“借用”了大量那不勒斯乐派的唱段，不过他们还是失败了
）
This resulted in a dramatic slowing down of the Albinoni production line during the 1730s and 1740s
According to his death certificate, Albinoni had been bedridden for the last two years of his life. （可怜的阿尔比诺尼）
Albinoni was pivotal in establishing the fast-slow-fast, three-movement concerto form, and his oboe concertos were among the very first of their kind ever published by an Italian composer. （Talbot对这一点曾经评论说，尼尼打开了一扇新的大门，可惜他最后没有走过去；红毛走了过去——为何我一直在提到红毛……）
His technique of opening his faster movements with an insistent motto, which is then used to bind the whole movement together, left its mark on the work of innumerable composers.
Yet by far the most prolific part of his output are his 53 known operas, however only three of these are still intact, most of the others having been lost except a handful of arias. （二战中德累斯顿轰炸也加剧了这一点
）
By the early 1720s, Albinoni had held the position of most popular composer for over a decade. （确实如此，尼尼那时还去德国上演歌剧呢！可是巴洛克时期的威尼斯音乐基本也就蹦跶了没有那么十几年，很快，这群音乐家就面临着他们的音乐时代比他们的生命更先结束的悲惨命运。）
Did you know?
Albinoni is best known for one piece, his Adagio for Organ and Strings, but he didn*t write it - or didn*t finish it. An Italian professor found a scrap of manuscript in a German library around two hundred years after Albinoni died, and the professor rebuilt the whole piece around those few lines.
Life and Music
Born into a wealthy family of paper manufacturers who produced playing cards and owned several shops in Venice, Albinoni squandered his gifts as a young man. （之前只知道尼尼家里做生意有点钱，原来他们还是做桌游的……）
Despite his exceptional talents as a singer, violinist and composer, during his teen years he indulged in the life of a talented ‘amateur’ among artistic friends. The success of his Op. 1 Trio Sonatas in 1694 quickly changed all that. （想到Talbot那篇评论尼尼的《专业的业余者》了。有空一定会翻译出来。）
The Venetian public began to tire of the old operatic formulae, and at this point, Albinoni came close to giving up. （那不勒斯乐派对威尼斯乐派的冲击力是几乎毁灭的。阿尔比诺尼可能有点经济基础，还可以放弃；而维瓦尔第则为了保持收入，一是风格有意向那不勒斯乐派靠拢，二是……维瓦尔第在他一部丧心病狂的集成剧中“借用”了大量那不勒斯乐派的唱段，不过他们还是失败了
）This resulted in a dramatic slowing down of the Albinoni production line during the 1730s and 1740s
According to his death certificate, Albinoni had been bedridden for the last two years of his life. （可怜的阿尔比诺尼）
Albinoni was pivotal in establishing the fast-slow-fast, three-movement concerto form, and his oboe concertos were among the very first of their kind ever published by an Italian composer. （Talbot对这一点曾经评论说，尼尼打开了一扇新的大门，可惜他最后没有走过去；红毛走了过去——为何我一直在提到红毛……）
His technique of opening his faster movements with an insistent motto, which is then used to bind the whole movement together, left its mark on the work of innumerable composers.
Yet by far the most prolific part of his output are his 53 known operas, however only three of these are still intact, most of the others having been lost except a handful of arias. （二战中德累斯顿轰炸也加剧了这一点
）
By the early 1720s, Albinoni had held the position of most popular composer for over a decade. （确实如此，尼尼那时还去德国上演歌剧呢！可是巴洛克时期的威尼斯音乐基本也就蹦跶了没有那么十几年，很快，这群音乐家就面临着他们的音乐时代比他们的生命更先结束的悲惨命运。）
Did you know?
Albinoni is best known for one piece, his Adagio for Organ and Strings, but he didn*t write it - or didn*t finish it. An Italian professor found a scrap of manuscript in a German library around two hundred years after Albinoni died, and the professor rebuilt the whole piece around those few lines.
