Manuel Cardoso (composer)

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Manuel Cardoso (born December 1566 in Fronteira no Alemtejo , † November 24, 1650 in Lisbon ) was a Portuguese singer, organist , choir director and composer .

School of Évora

Brother Manuel Cardoso is considered to be the greatest polyphonist of the Portuguese Renaissance and comes from a remarkable generation of Portuguese composers who forever shaped the musical history of Portugal in the 16th and 17th centuries. The so-called generation of the Évora polyphonists represents the heyday of church music in Portugal.

Life

Cardoso's biographical data were collected by the Carmelite chronicler Frei Manuel de Sá and published in 1724, that is 74 years after the composer's death.

He received his musical training in the seminary in Évora ; he then worked initially as a choirmaster of the local cathedral . In 1589 he joined the Carmelite Order . He enjoyed an excellent reputation as a musician and therefore, after the restoration of Portuguese independence in 1640, at the instigation of the king, he was appointed subprior and music director of the Carmelite monastery in the capital Lisbon. He created mainly sacred vocal music, including masses and motets , and is still one of the most important Portuguese organists and composers of his time.

Works

Cardoso's works, which have been transmitted to this day, are collected in five books, all of which were published during the author's lifetime in Lisbon between 1613 and 1648. All other works were lost in the earthquake of 1755, in which the Carmelite Monastery of Lisbon was also destroyed, along with Cardoso's grave. Quotation about the earthquake in Lisbon in 1755: “During this event, a large part of the artistic and musical heritage of the Portuguese capital was lost forever.” For this reason, we do not know today whether Cardoso tried the means of early baroque music (in some works) or not Not. He has composed works for several choirs (with 8, 9 and 12 parts) but none have been transmitted. All of his known works are vocal spiritual music, so limited in the liturgical forms (masses and motets) and always in the service of liturgy and religion. His best-known work today is the Missa de Requiem for 6 voices.

  • Cantica beatae Mariae Virginis quaternis et quinis vocibus , printed by Petrus Crasbeeck in 1613 in Lisbon OCLC 46867372
  • Missae quaternis, quinis et sex vocibus, Liber primus , 1625. The book contains five mass settings , including the above-mentioned Missa de Requiem for 6 voices and the motet Sitivit anima mea. The publication is dedicated to its patron, the Duke of Braganza, who later became John IV , King of Portugal.
  • Missae de Beata Virgine Maria quaternis, quinis et senis vocibus, printed by Laurentius Crasbeeck in Lisbon in 1636. The edition contains eight mass settings. OCLC 46867309
  • Livro de varios motetes, officio da semana santa e outras cousas , 1648 The book contains motets in the sequence of the feasts of the church year. At the end there is a four-part Missa per Defunctis .

swell

  • Alegria, José Augusto, Frei Manuel Cardoso Compositor Português - 1566–1650, Instituto de Cultura e Língua Portuguesa, Lisboa, 1983.
  • Negreiros, Vasco Manuel Paiva de Abreu Trigo de, O filho da velhice - Questões de Interpretação, Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Comunicação e Arte, 2005.
  • Nicolau, António, Bibliotheca Nova - 2.º volume, pp. 44-45.
  • Luís Toscano (translation by Friedrich Sprondel): Cardoso: Requiem, Lamentations, Magnificat & Motets, published in the booklet of the CD of the same name published by Hyperion Records.

Recordings (selection)

  • Missa Miserere Mihi Domine (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, “Sitivit anima mea” motet, Magnificat, Sanctus, Benedictus, “Non Mortui Qui Sunt In Inferno” motet, Agnus Die I and II) and Magnificat secundi toni , recorded by the Ensemble Vocal Européen under the direction of Philippe Herrerweghe and released in 1997 on the Harmonia Mundi label
  • Livro de varios motetes, officio da semana santa e outras cousas, recorded by the vocal ensemble Vasco Negreiros under the direction of Vasco Negreiros (* 1965), released in 2005 on the Altus label
  • M. Cardoso: Missa Veni sponsa Christi - Magnificat VII Toni - Aquam quam ego dabo - Turbae que praecedebant . Recorded by the a cappella choir Zurich under the direction of Piergiuseppe Snozzi in the St. Katharinental monastery church in Diessenhofen OCLC 775006577
  • Non mortui , 2010 recorded by The Monteverdi Choir under the direction of John Elliott Gardiner and 2014 Chandos Records released
  • Manuel Cardoso: Requiem, Lamentations, Magnificar & Motets . Ensemble Cupertinos , conductor: Luís Toscano, recorded from September 21 to 23, 2016 in the Basílica do Bom Jesus in Braga and released in 2019 on Hyperion Records .
  • Introitus Requiem aeternam of the Missa de Requiem for 6 voices , recorded by Ensemble Sansara under the direction of Tom Herring in June 2016 at Merton College in Oxford , published in 2017 by Convivium Records OCLC 1020480220
  • Magnificat quinti toni; Magnificat octavi toni, Missa secundi toni, Aquam quam ego dabo; Ecce Mulier Chananea. Sitivit anima mea, Non mortui . Performed by the Choir of Girton College , Cambridge , conducted by Gareth Wilson, at Ushaw College, Durham , July 13-16 , 2017 OCLC 1055419974

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Luís Toscano, Friedrich Sprondel: Cardoso: Requiem, Lamentations, Magnificat & Motets . Hyperion Records, 2019, p. 23-25 ( hyperion-records.co.uk [PDF]).
personal data
SURNAME Cardoso, Manuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese singer, organist, choir director and composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 1566
PLACE OF BIRTH Fronteira no Alemtejo
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1650
Place of death Lisbon