Angelo Berardi

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Angelo Berardi (* around 1636 in Sant'Agata Feltria , Rimini ; † April 9, 1694 in Rome ) was an Italian composer and violinist , he was considered one of the most important Italian music theorists of the 17th century.

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One of Angelo Berardi's first teachers was the conductor at the Cathedral of Forli, Giovanni Vincenzo Sarti (1600–1655). From 1662 Berardi was Kapellmeister in Montefiascone, still in this position he received further instruction from Marco Scacchi . In 1668 he became Kapellmeister at Viterbo Cathedral . Ordained as a priest, he most likely stayed in Rome in 1672 and 1673. From 1673 he was Kapellmeister and organist at Tivoli Cathedral and from 1679 to 1683 in the same position in Spoleto . From 1692 was Kapellmeister in Santa Maria in Trastevere in Rome.

Berardi published his treatise Documenti armonici in Bologna in 1687 , which is one of his most important textbooks and was also part of Bach's musical estate. In his writings he made a distinction between musica da chiesa, da camera and da teatro .

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  • Around 20 polyphonic masses
  • Chamber music in various formations
  • Missa per Defunctis. cum Sequentia et Resp. libera me Domine. quinque Vocibus (Rome, Ignazio de Lazzari, 1663)
  • Op. 2: Sacri concentus binis, ternis, quaternis, quinisque Vocibus concinendi: Lib.primus (Rome, Ignazio de Lazzari, 1666)
  • Op. 4: Salmi vespertini a cinque Voci concertati, con una Messa sopra l'Ave Maris Stella, da cantarsi col'Organo, e senza. Libro primo (Rome, Amedeo Belmonte, 1667)
  • Op. 5: Salmi concertati a tre Voci: Libro secondo. (Bologna, Giacomo Monti, 1668)
  • Op. 6: Sacri concentus binis, ternis, quaternis, quinisque Vocibus concinendi una cum Missa sex Vocibus Arte elaborata. Liber secundus. (Bologna, Giacomo Monti, 1669)
  • Op. 7: 6 Symphony a violino solo [e basso continuo] . Libro primo. (Bologna, Giacomo Monti, 1670)
  • Op. 8: Psalmi vespertini quatuor Vocibus concinendi cum Organo ad Libitum. una cum Missa ad Organi sonum accomodata. (Rome, Giovanni Angelo Muzi, 1675)
  • Op. 9: Psalmi vespertini ternis, quaternis, quinis, senisque Vocibus concinendi ad Organi sonum accomodati, una cum Missa quinque Vocibus. (Bologna, Giacomo Monti, 1682)
  • Op. 13: Musiche diverse variamente concertate per camera, a due, tre e quattro Voci (Bologna, Pietro Maria Monti, 1689)

Music theoretical works

  • Discorsi musicali (Viterbo 1670)
  • Ragionamenti musicali (1681)
  • Documenti armonici (Bologna 1687)
  • Arcani musicali svelati amicitia [...] con un modo facilissimo per sonare trasportato (1690)
  • Il perché musicale, overo staffetta armonica (1693)

Discography

  • 6 Symphony a violin solo op. VII ; Fabrizio Longo, violin and Anna Clemente, harpsichord; Label Tactus, 2014

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personal data
SURNAME Berardi, Angelo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian music theorist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1636
PLACE OF BIRTH Sant'Agata Feltria
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1694
Place of death Rome