Giovanni Reali

Giovanni Reali Italian composer
Born	1681
Died	1751
Nationality	Republic of Venice
Occupation	composer, violinist
Website	Q18432115

Giovanni Reali (1681–1751) was an Italian composer, violinist and maestro di cappella of Venice.

Life

Giovanni Reali was born in Padua in 1681, the eldest of ten children of Lorenzo Reali and Elisabetta Cappello. His father, a wealthy cloth merchant, was killed in a robbery at the age of 41 in 1697. He was educated by his mother while also studying music with his older brother Giovanni and his two sisters. After his brother died in 1702, he and his younger brother Francesco returned to Padua, where he entered the conservatory of the Ospedale dei Mendicanti.In 1716, Reali was appointed second organist at the Ospedale dei Filareti in Venice. At the Filareti, he was soon appointed deputy to the principal organist Pietro Bembo. In 1718, Reali became principal organist at the Ospedale delle Carità in Venice. He later became principal organist and professor of music at the Ospedale dei Mendicanti (1726–1747). In 1739, Reali was appointed principal organist at the Ospedale dei Filopolitani in Padua, and in 1741 and 1742 was appointed principal organist at the Ospedale dei Trevisan. In 1743, Reali was appointed principal organist at the Ospedale di Siena. He then taught at San Giovanni Grisostomo College in Florence, where he collaborated with Giovanni Antonio Saraceni.In 1748, he was appointed principal organist at the Ospedale dei Bussola in Venice. He resigned his post at the Filareti in 1751.

Works

In addition to his many published works, including motets, he wrote a total of 26 operas. These include works in Italian as well as several operas written in other regions of Europe.

Recordings

Giovanni Reali, Giudecca, Reali & Rossi, Francesco (2017) Reali - Giudecca.