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Gian Gastone de' Medici (born Giovanni Battista Gastone; 25 May 1671 – 9 July 1737) was the seventh and last Medicean grand duke of Tuscany. He was the second son of Grand Duke Cosimo III and Marguerite Louise d'Orléans . [ 2 ]
Giuliano Dami (14 September 1683 – 5 April 1750) was the favourite and valet (Aiutante di Camera) of Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1723 – 1737). He is known for the "magnetic influence" [5] he exercised on the last Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany, and for his relationship with him.
As Grand Prince Ferdinando, Gian Gastone's elder brother, predeceased Cosimo III, Gian Gastone succeeded his father in 1723. Gian Gastone for most of his life, kept to his bed and acted in an unregal manner, rarely appearing to his subjects, to the extent that, at times, he had been thought dead. Gian Gastone would repeal his father's puritan ...
Handel met with Gian Gastone de' Medici, who invited him to Pratolino. Agostino Steffani , Johann Mattheson , Georg Friedrich Händel , Nicolaus Adam Strungk , Johann Philipp Förtsch , Georg Bronner , Johann Philipp Krieger , Georg Caspar Schürmann , and Johann Georg Conradi composed Singspiele or baroque opera 's for the Hamburg opera.
Favourite and valet of Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany: G [32] Antonio D'Amico: b. 1959 Italian Model, fashion designer G [33] Danchyk: b. 1958 Belarusian Singer, journalist G [34] Seb Dance: b. 1981 English Politician G [35] Emily M. Danforth: b. 1980 American Author L [36] Elijah Daniel: b. 1994 American Comedian, YouTuber ...
Gian Gastone with the new grand ducal crown, modified from the previous. When Cosimo III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1670–1723) received the "right to royal rank" from Vienna, he added arches and a globe to the top of the grand ducal crown, as these were the typical elements of a royal crown.
The palazzo remained the principal Medici residence until Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, the last of the male Medici line, died in 1737. It was then occupied briefly by his sister, the elderly Electress Palatine ; on her death, the Medici dynasty became extinct and the palazzo passed to the new Grand Dukes of Tuscany , the ...
The author of the text is unknown. Other catalogues of Handel's music have referred to the work as HG l,12 (there is no HHA designation of the work). [1] The cantata is scored for solo soprano voice and basso continuo. It is divided into four separate movements with a typical performance lasting approximately seven and a half minutes.