Accademia degli Invaghiti

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The Accademia degli Invaghiti ("Academy of the Crazy") was a scientific society of the Italian Renaissance founded in Mantua , Italy , in 1562 and dissolved again in 1752, which was re-established under the same name in 1996 as a vocal and instrumental ensemble.

The old Accademia degli Invaghiti (1562–1752)

The Accademia degli Invaghiti was founded in November 1562 by Cesare I. Gonzaga in Mantua, making it the city's oldest scientific society. Its members belonged almost exclusively to the nobility. In the early 17th century, for example, the bourgeoisie founded the Accademia degli Invitti ("Academy of the Invincible"), which was based on a resolution of April 18, 1645 on March 12, 1648 in Accademia dei Timidi ("Academy of the Fearful") was renamed.

The Accademia degli Invaghiti premiered the Favola in musica L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi on February 24, 1607 on the occasion of the birthday of Francesco IV Gonzaga in the ducal palace in Mantua.

The Accademia dei Timidi accepted some of the members of the Accademia degli Invaghiti in 1738 when a planned new formation failed. The remaining members joined the Colonia Arcadica Virgiliana in 1752 , which was founded that year.

In 1767, plans were made to create a new academy from members of both the Accademia dei Timidi and the Colonia Arcadica Virgiliana . This new academy was called Reale Accademia di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti or Reale Accademia di Scienze e Belle Lettere di Mantova and began its activity in 1768. At the request of Maria Theresia von Habsburg , Empress of Austria , it became part of the newly founded Accademia in the same year Nazionale Virgiliana convicted.

The newly founded Accademia degli Invaghiti (since 1996)

In 1996, Francesco Moi founded the Accademia degli Invaghiti as a vocal and instrumental ensemble with a repertoire of varying composition.

literature

  • Michele Maylender: Storia delle Accademie d'Italia . Con prefazione di HE Luigi Rava. 5 vols., Bologna: L. Cappelli 1926–1930, reprinted Bologna: Arnaldo Farni 1971, vol. 3, p. 363, 365, 375; Vol. 5, pp. 470-71, 475

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