Antimo Liberati
Antimo Liberati (born April 3, 1617 in Foligno , † February 24, 1692 in Rome ) was an Italian music theorist, singer (tenor), organist , conductor and composer.
Life
After a few years as a choirboy in Vienna, Antimo Liberati moved to Rome. Here he first studied law and literature, but soon switched to music. Gregorio Allegri and Orazio Benevoli were among his teachers . From 1661 he worked as a tenor in the papal chapel, but he also performed various services as an organist and conductor at several Roman churches.
Antimo Liberati was an uncompromising advocate of the Roman style in the tradition of Palestrina and could not gain anything from the new developments. Therefore he was decidedly against the Venetian opera and was a declared opponent of Claudio Monteverdi .
Most of his compositional work, including oratorios , madrigals and arias , has not survived; a mass , four arias and a four-part “Laudate Dominum” have survived .
literature
- Arnaldo Morelli: LIBERATI, Antimo. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 65: Levis-Lorenzetti. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2005.
- Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Unchanged edition. KG Saur, Bern, 1993, third volume, supplementary volume, Sp. 583, ISBN 3-907820-70-3
- Baumgartner, Barockmusik, 1981, p. 272, ISBN 3-7023-4002-5
- Music in the past and present , 1st edition, vol. 8, col. 706 ff
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Liberati, Antimo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian music theorist, singer (tenor), organist, conductor and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1617 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Foligno |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 1692 |
| Place of death | Rome |