San Martini

Japanese: サンマルティーニ

Italian composer and organist. Son of A. Sanmartini, a French oboist who emigrated to Italy. Since assuming the post of conductor at the Cathedral of St. Ambrose in 1728, he served as conductor at numerous churches in his native Milan. He was also active as a conductor and composer in fields other than religious music. He is particularly renowned as the founder of concert sinfonia, which was independent of opera, and influenced F. J. Haydn and others. He left behind a huge number of symphonies and chamber music. His brother Giuseppe Sanmartini (1695-1750) was also known as an oboist and composer, and was active in London in the latter half of his life. → Gluck

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Japanese:

イタリアの作曲家，オルガン奏者。イタリアに移住したフランスのオーボエ奏者A.サン・マルタンの子。1728年聖アンブロージョ大聖堂楽長に就任以来，生地ミラノで数々の教会の楽長を歴任。宗教音楽以外の分野でも指揮者，作曲家として活動した。特にオペラから独立した演奏会用シンフォニアの開祖として名高く，F.J.ハイドンらに影響を与えた。膨大な数にのぼる交響曲，室内楽曲を残している。兄のジュゼッペ・サンマルティーニ〔1695-1750〕もオーボエ奏者，作曲家として知られ，後半生はロンドンで活動した。→グルック

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