Vincent Novello

Novello, Edward (1813-1836)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

early 1830s

Height:

76.5 cm  (30 1/8 in.)

Width:

64.1 cm  (25 1/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

From 1797 to 1822, Novello was organist at the Portuguese embassy chapel, where he directed the first English performances of masses by Joseph Haydn and W. A. Mozart. He worked as pianist and conductor at the Italian Opera, London and as organist at the Roman Catholic chapel at Moorfields. A founder of the Philharmonic Society, Novello had a distinguished circle of friends, including the Lambs, Leigh Hunt, P. B. Shelley and John Keats. Although he was a prolific composer, his work as a publisher was more significant. His Collection of Sacred Music (1811) marked the founding of the Novello publishing house.

People as subjects

Novello, Vincent (1781-1861) (Musician portrait)

Musical works

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -- Requiem

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RIdIM record id

5512

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