Бенедетто Марчелло. К проблеме универсализма личности

Abstract

At the present time special attention is being paid to study of the heritage of the past. Various documents which shed light on the blank spots of music history become available to public access. One of the figures whose name has been undeservedly consigned to oblivion is Benedetto Marcello – an Italian composer and political activist of the first half of the 18th century well-known in his time. The article sets the goal of recreating the artistic portrait of this Italian master. For the first time information is presented from sources from other countries disclosing the particularities of his biography. Analysis of the selected material leads to the conclusions of the necessity of reevaluating the significance of Benedetto Marcello’s legacy in the context of the progression of the history of musical culture. The artist’s activities are closely connected with the development of the genre of opera which gustily proceeded during the period of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Familiarization with certain facts regarding the master’s artistic path would make it possible for contemporary musicians not only to delve more deeply into the specific features of Marcello’s compositions, but also to comprehend anew the problem range of 18th century Venetian opera. Keywords: Benedetto Marcello, the treatise “Fashionable Theater,” 17th and 18th century Venetian opera, “Arcadia” academy, Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach.