Bartolomeo Cordans
Bartolomeo Cordans (born March 12, 1698 in Venice , † May 14, 1757 in Udine ) was an Italian baroque composer . In addition to five operas, he mainly composed sacred music.
Life
Bartolomeo Cordans entered the Franciscan monastery in Venice at the age of 16 . In 1724 he left the order with a papal dispensation . He stayed in the parish of San Giacomo di Rialto in Venice, where he played the organ and taught the clergy in singing. In 1728 he began composing operas for Venetian opera houses. The scores of these operas Ormisda (1728), La generosita 'di Tiberio (1729), La Silvia (1730), Romilda (1731) and La Rodelinda (1732) have been lost, while the corresponding libretti have been preserved. From 1773 to 1734 he was maestro di coroat the Ospedaletto , one of the four renowned Venetian music schools .
In 1735, after the Mantuan Paolo Benedetto Bellinzani had left Udine , he was appointed Maestro di cappella to the Cathedral of Udine, where he received a tenure for life. Cordans set about reorganizing the cathedral school and renewed the repertoire. Since Udine, Cordans has concentrated exclusively on the composition of church and instrumental music. In addition to his around 60 masses, he also composed hymns , motets , psalm settings and litanies . He expanded the orchestra in Udine to include oboes , flutes , trombones and horns and used it on special occasions.
Cordans died on May 14, 1757 and was buried in the Church of San Francesco della Vigna in Udine. When the church was demolished in the mid-19th century, his grave was also destroyed.
Works (selection)
- Operas
- Ormisda , dramma per musica in 3 acts, libretto Apostolo Zeno . First performance of Carnival 1728 at the Teatro Tron a San Cassiano in Venice
- La generosità di Tiberio , dramma per musica in 3 acts. First performance at the Teatro Tron a San Cassiano in Venice. Only the 3rd act is by Cordans, the composer of the first two acts was Santo Lapis
- Silvia , Pastoral in 3 acts, libretto Enrico Bissaro, first performance in Venice in autumn 1730
- Romilda , dramma per musica in 3 acts, libretto by Giovanni Carlo Pagani Cesa. First performance of Carnival 1731 in the Teatro di San Moisé in Venice
- La Rodelinda , dramma per musica in 3 acts, libretto by Antonio Salvi based on a play by Pierre Corneille . First performance in autumn 1731 at the Teatro San Moisé in Venice
- Religious music
- San Romualdo , oratorio, text by Romano Marrighi
- Messa da Morti esequie a quattro con strumenti , 1737
- Messa da requiem in G minor , 1738
- Messa da Requiem - Brani per organo solo.
- Missa due vocum aequalium
- Sonatas
- Sonata in A major for two violins and continuo.
- Sonata per violino e organo
literature
- M. Grattoni d'Arcano: Arti e società in Friuli di Bartolomeo Cordans. Forum Edizioni 2007, ISBN 88-8420433-X
- Giovanni Zanetti: Bartolomeo Cordans. The integration of Venetian into Friulian music of the 18th century. In: Vocal music in Mozart's time. Report on the Salzburg symposium of the AGACH (Working Group of Alpine Choir Associations) in June 2006. Choir Association Salzburg, Salzburg 2007, pp. 155–162
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cordans, Bartolomeo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian Baroque composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1698 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Venice |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 14, 1757 |
| Place of death | Udine |