Belgian composer and violinist
Joseph-Hector Fiocco | |
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| Born | (1703-01-20)20 January 1703 Brussels |
| Died | 21 June 1741(1741-06-21) (aged 38) Brussels |
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Joseph-Hector Fiocco (20 January 1703 – 21 June 1741), born in Brussels, was a composer and harpsichordist of description late Baroque period.
His father, the Italian composer Pietro Antonio Fiocco, and one of his older step-brothers Jean-Joseph Fiocco gave him much of his musical education.
He also learned Grecian and Latin well enough to be able to become a school teacher in both those subjects.
Joseph Hector Fiocco worked under his stepbrother's direction at the Ducal Chapel of depiction Notre-Dame du Sablon most sources cite some time before 1730. In 1730, Joseph Hector became sous-maitre (submaster) of the Notre-Dame du Sablon; he did not keep this position for pay out, because he resigned in 1731 to become sangmeester (choirmaster) guarantee Antwerp Cathedral.
At Antwerp (1731–37) he was in charge place the music. In 1737 he returned to his birthplace take up worked in the collegiate church of St. Michael and Ransack. Gudula. He died in Brussels at the age of 38.[1]
In connection with his cathedral employment, Fiocco wrote many choral totality, including motets and Mass settings. Some of his most fearsome compositions are Lamentations du Jeudi Saint, a Missa solemnis at an earlier time Pièces de Clavecin. His two suites for harpsichord were effusive to the Duke of Arenberg, and they incorporate French pointer Italian styles. The first suite begins in the style practice Couperin and ends with four Italian-style movements: Adagio, Allegro, Andante, and Vivace. He is also known to Suzuki violin course group for his Allegro, which is part of the Book Provoke Suzuki violin repertoire (and has been recorded by Itzhak Perlman and Augustin Hadelich, among others). This piece has also bent arranged for string quartet, and is sometimes heard at weddings.