Agostino Agazzari

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Agostino Agazzari (born December 2, 1578 in Siena , † April 10, 1640 there ) was an Italian composer and music theorist of the Baroque era.

Life

Agazzari comes from an old noble family from Siena. After his first artistic training in his hometown, he went to Rome around 1601 and worked there as a lecturer at the Collegium Romanum from 1602 to 1607 . During this time he became friends with the musician Lodovico Grossi da Viadana .

In 1607 Agazzari returned to Siena and that same year was appointed first organist at the local cathedral . In 1630 he was promoted to Kapellmeister.

In addition to sacred music and madrigals , Agazzari also composed the drama Eumelio . As a music theorist he is still known today for his work Del sonare sopra il basso . This is one of the earliest and most important works on basso continuo , with which Agazzari also influenced Michael Praetorius in his Syntagma musicum .

Works (selection)

  • Il primo libro de madrigali à sei voci , printed in 1596 by Gardano in Venice OCLC 11056727 dedicated to Angelo Malavolti.
  • ll primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci , printed in 1600 by Gardano in Venice OCLC 29939802
  • Madrigali harmoniosi e dilettevoli a sei voci, printed in 1600 by Pierre Phalèse in Antwerp OCLC 464031722
  • Sacrarum cantionum , printed by Aloysium Zanettum in Rome 1602 OCLC 11056977
  • Sacrae laudes de Jesu, B. Virgine, angelis, apostolis, martyribus, confessoribus, virginibus , Liber Secundus , printed by Aloysium Zanettum in Rome 1603 OCLC 11061005
  • Sacrarum cantionum, Liber tertius, printed by Aloysium Zanettum in Rome 1602 OCLC 11107358
  • Il secondo libro de madrigali à cinque voci , printed by Ricciardo Amadino in Venice 1606 OCLC 42037125 ( digitized version )
  • Eumelio , Dramma pastorale, printed by Ricciardo Amadino in Venice 1606 OCLC 29939818
  • Sacrae cantiones, Liber quartus , printed by Ricciardo Amadino in Venice 1606 OCLC 887872899
  • Il primo libro de Madrigaletti a tre voci , printed by Ricciardo Amadino in Venice 1607 OCLC 863873959
  • Il secondo libro de madrigaletti à tre voci , printed by Ricciardo Amadino in Venice 1607 OCLC 11479274
  • Del sonare sopra 'l basso con tvtti li stromenti e dell' vso loro nel conserto , printed by Falcini in Siena, 1607 OCLC 25199441
  • Psalmi sex: qui in Vesperis ad concentum varietatem interponuntur op.XII, printed by Ricciardo Amadino in Venice 1609 OCLC 11587366
  • Psalmi ac Magnificat op.XIII, printed by Ricciardo Amadino in Venice 1611 OCLC 11479274
  • Sertum roseum ex plantis Hiericho op.XIV , for 1 to 4 voices with basso continuo, printed by Ricciardo Amadino in Venice 1611 OCLC 11061058
  • Psalmorum ac Magnificat op.XV, for eight voices, printed by Ricciardo Amadino in Venice 1611 OCLC 12376802 ( digital copy )
  • Dialogici concentus op.XVI , for six to eight voices with basso continuo, printed by Ricciardo Amadino in Venice 1613 OCLC 11062181
  • Four Masses op.XVII, printed by Ricciardo Amadino in Venice 1614 OCLC 56551596
    • Missa octavi toni á 4
    • Missa duodecimi toni á 4
    • Missa tertia á 5
    • Missa duobus choris á 8.
  • Sacrae cantiones op.XVIII, printed by Amadino in Venice 1615 OCLC 12376802
  • Stille Soave di Celeste Aurora op.XIX , printed by Gardano in Venice 1620 OCLC 816835722
  • La musica ecclesiastica , printed by Bonetti in Siena 1638, OCLC 980612246
  • Litaniae Beatissimae Virginis op.XXI , printed by Vincentius Blancus in Rome 1639 OCLC 11481123
  • Musicum encomium , printed by Vincenzo Blanco in Rome 1640, OCLC 980613701
  • Cento concerti ecclesiastici (1602)
  • Del sonare sopra il basso  : con tutti istromenti e dell'uso loro nel conserto. - New York: Norton, 1950 (repr. Of the Roma 1607 edition)

literature

  • Reardon, Collee, A .: Agostino Agazzari and music at Siena cathedral 1597 - 1641 . - Oxford: Univ. Pr., 1993. - ISBN 0-198-16272-3
  • Adelmo Damerini:  AGAZZARI, Agostino. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 1:  Aaron – Albertucci. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1960.
  • Wilibald Gurlitt , Carl Dahlhaus (editor): Riemann Musik-Lexikon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Agazzari, Agostino. 12th completely revised edition. 1. Personal section A – KB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1959, p. 10 (first edition: 1882).
  • Wilibald Gurlitt , Carl Dahlhaus (editor): Riemann Musik-Lexikon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Agazzari, Agostino. 12th completely revised edition. 4. Supplementary volume, personal section A – KB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1972, p. 8 (first edition: 1882).

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personal data
SURNAME Agazzari, Agostino
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer and music theorist
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1578
PLACE OF BIRTH Siena
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1640
Place of death Siena