Concerto in F major (Sammartini, Giuseppe) 1693 - c1750

Para Flauta (solista) ensamble de cuerdas y continuo.

Movimientos: 3 *Allegro; *Siciliano; *Allegro assai

Giuseppe Baldassare Sammartini was an Italian composer and oboist during the late
Baroque and early Classical era. Although he was from Milan, most of his professional life was
spent in London and with Frederick, the Prince of Wales.

Giuseppe Sammartini was born in Milan, Italy. He had a younger brother, Giovanni Battista
Sammartini, who also became a particularly renowned composer and oboist. Both brothers took
oboe lessons from their French father Alexis Saint-Martin. Although born in Milan, Giuseppe found
his success in other parts of Europe. His first trip was to Brussels, and from there he made his way
to London where he would go on to spend the rest of his life.

Sammartini was an exceptionally skilled oboist, and a very proficient flute and recorder
player, as was customary at the time. In London he was known as “the greatest [oboist] the world
had ever known.”

He was a very skilled composer. One of Giuseppe’s first published collections was a set of
12 trio sonatas. It was published in London by Walsh & Hare. Sammartini’s career as a composer
advanced when he was hired as the music master for the Prince of Wales, Frederick, and his wife
Augusta. He worked for them and their children from 1736 until his death in 1750. While working
for the family, Sammartini dedicated many works to the different members of the family. His 12
sonatas op. 1 were dedicated to Frederick, and his 12 trios op. 3 to Augusta. Sammartini was
clearly very attached to this family, writing everything from these wonderful collections to simple
birthday tunes for the children.

Most of Sammartini’s chamber music was played and re-published regularly during his life.
However, many of the concertos and overtures that Sammartini wrote were not published until
after his death, but then gained wide acceptance, even more than other Italian composers such as
Corelli.

Sammartini’s most famous piece is without question his Recorder Concerto in F