Leonardo Vinci was in 1719 "maestro di cappella" to the Prince of Sansaverio in
Naples. His operatic output falls into two parts:
"commedie" in Neapolitan dialect and "opere serie".
Vinci was one of the first Italian composers to write ritornellos,
consisting af agitated arpeggio figures, propelled by the momentum of the harmony or by a
crecendo rather than by the flow of a melody.
MIDI FILE - From
Sonata for flute and b.c.: Allegro (2'13'')
For a few years during the 1720s, Vinci was the leader of the new
generation of "opera seria" composers whose style marked a fairly radical break
with Alessandro Scarlatti.
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