Canon
Where to start with Pergolesi
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
VocalStabat mater, for soprano, alto, and strings
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StageLa serva padrona
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ChamberConcerto for Flute and 2 Violins in D
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StageAdriano in Siria — Opera
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VocalChi non ode e chi non vede
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ChamberConcerto for Flute and 2 Violins in G
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VocalConfitebor tibi Domine
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VocalDalsigre, ahi mia Dalsigre, chamber cantata for soprano and continuo, op. 2, no. 2
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VocalDixit Dominus
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ChamberHarpsichord Sonata in A
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StageL'olimpiade — Opera
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VocalLaudate pueri Dominum
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StageLivietta e Tracollo
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StageLo frate 'nnamorata
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VocalLuce degli occhi mei, chamber cantata for soprano, strings and continuo, op. 2, no. 3
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Pergolesi's catalogueMost Popular
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Stabat Mater
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La serva padrona (comic opera)
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Salve Regina in C minor
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Flute Concerto in G major
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Livietta e Tracollo (intermezzo)
Most Acclaimed
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Stabat Mater
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La serva padrona
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Miserere in C minor
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Mass in F major
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Orfeo (opera — attributed)
Most Weird
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La serva padronathe first major comic opera — the servant girl manipulates her master into marrying her; its 1752 Paris revival triggered the Querelle des Bouffons, a culture war about French vs Italian music
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Stabat MaterPergolesi wrote this while dying of tuberculosis at 26 — each movement seems increasingly urgent
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Lo frate \’nnamorato (opera)Neapolitan dialect opera — the prototype of opera buffa
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Trio Sonatas (attributed, disputed)several works attributed to Pergolesi are now thought to be by others — the Pergolesi problem
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Adriano in Siria (opera seria)
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 33
- Vocal
- ● Stabat mater, for soprano, alto, and strings
- Chi non ode e chi non vede
- Confitebor tibi Domine
- Dalsigre, ahi mia Dalsigre, chamber cantata for soprano and continuo, op. 2, no. 2
- Dixit Dominus
- Laudate pueri Dominum
- Luce degli occhi mei, chamber cantata for soprano, strings and continuo, op. 2, no. 3
- Magnificat in C
- Manca la guida al piè
- Mass in G
- Missa S.Emidio
- Missa solemnis
- Orfeo, chamber cantata for soprano, strings and continuo, op. 2, no. 4, "Nel chiuso centro"
- Quando corpus morietur, amen
- Questo è il piano, questo è il rio, chamber cantata for alto and strings
- Salve Regina in C minor
- Salve Regina in C minor for 2 High Voices
- Salve regina in A minor, for soprano, strings and organ
- Salve regina in C minor, for soprano, strings and organ
- Salve regina in C minor, for soprano and strings
- Segreto tormento, chamber cantata for soprano, strings and continuo, op. 2, no. 1
- Sul mio cor, for voice
- Stage
- La serva padrona
- Adriano in Siria — Opera
- L'olimpiade — Opera
- Livietta e Tracollo
- Lo frate 'nnamorata
- Chamber
- Concerto for Flute and 2 Violins in D
- Concerto for Flute and 2 Violins in G
- Harpsichord Sonata in A
- Organ Sonata in F
- Organ Sonata in G
- Violin Concerto in B flat major