Nicola Matteis (Composer)
Born: c. 1675, Naples, Italy?
Died: 1760
Nationality: Italian
Nicola Matteis (Matheis) was the earliest notable Italian Baroque violinist in London, whom Roger North judged in retrospect "to have been a second to Corelli," and a composer of significant popularity in his time, though he had been utterly forgotten until the later 20th century.
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Further Reading: Matteis the Younger
Recording of the Week,
Isabelle Faust - Solo
20th October 2023
The German violinist is at her intelligent, expressive best in a programme of works for unaccompanied violin by Matteis père et fils, Pisendel, Guillemain, Vilsmayr and Biber.
All Works: Matteis the Younger
- Alia Fantasia (4)
- Balletto (1)
- Balletto di Cavalieri Romani, Spagnuoli, e Africani from Act III of Caldara's Scipione nelle Spagne nelle Spagne (1)
- Ballo dei Bagatellieri (1)
- Ballo from Act III of Cajo Marzio Coriolano (1)
- Concerto for Violin, Strings & Continuo in B flat major (1)
- Fantasia (1)
- Fantasia in C minor (3)
- Fantasia in D minor (1)
- Fantasia in G minor (1)
- Fantasia, con discretione (1)
- Gavotta con divisioni (1)
- La Verità nell’Inganno (1)
- Movimento incognito (1)
- Passagio rotto (1)