Bartolomeo Felici

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Bartolomeo Felici (* 1695 in Florence ; † June 12, 1776 ibid) was an Italian composer and organist. He worked as Kapellmeister in Florence and composed mainly oratorios and other sacred music. He was the father of the composer Alessandro Felici .

Life

Bartolomeo Felici probably studied with Giovanni Maria Casini (1652–1719). Since he is referred to as "Abate" on some title pages, it is believed that he received the minor orders . He worked most of his life as a bandmaster and organist at the Church of San Marco in Florence. There he also founded a well-attended school for composition and organ. His son Alessandro also taught at this school. Her students included Luigi Cherubini . Felici's great importance for the Florentine musical life of that time was also appreciated by his contemporaries.

Felici wrote mainly sacred compositions. In addition to San Marco, some of his works have also been performed in the Florentine Church of San Pier Maggiore and in Bologna. His compositional style was learned and resourceful. Many of his works have been lost because the estate was sold by the heirs in 1778.

Works

Oratorios and occasional works

La notte prodigiosa - title page of the libretto, Bologna 1759

Of these works, only La notte prodigiosa has survived .

  • Cantata; 1734, Florence
  • Transits di S. Giuseppe, cantata; 1737, Florence
  • Il prodigioso transito di S. Giuseppe, oratorio; Libretto: Andrea Nati; 1739, Florence, Chiesa delle Nobili Religiose di San Pier Maggiore
  • Il trionfo della vocazione religiosa contro le lusinghe del mondo; 1740 or 1752, Florence, Chiesa delle Nobili Religiose di San Pier Maggiore
  • Componimento mus. Nel prender l'abito religioso… l'illustrissima signora contessa Florida Francesco Barbolani; 1740, Florence
  • Il trionfo della penitenza, "cantata morale"; 1741, Florence
  • II passaggio alla religione; Libretto: Alessandro Borghesi; 1741, Florence
  • Isacco figura del redentore , oratorio; Libretto: Pietro Metastasio ; 1747, Florence, Compagnia della Purificazione della Gloriosa Vergine Maria, e di San Zanobi, detta di San Marco
  • Il trionfo della religione, 1747, Florence, Monastero di San Martino in via della Scala
  • Il figliol prodigo; Libretto: Giovanni Claudio Pasquini ; 1753, Florence, Compagnia della Purificazione della Gloriosa Vergine Maria, e di San Zanobi, detta di San Marco
  • La Nuvoletta d'Elia; Libretto: Andrea Nati; 1754, Florence, Chiesa dell'Insigne Collegiata di Santa Maria di Figline
  • La notte prodigiosa; Libretto: Camillo Tacchi; 1759, Bologna

Spiritual works

  • Salmi per i Vespri dell'anno
  • Two Magnificat
  • Miserere for three equal votes
  • Responsori per i Mattutini delle Tenebre three equal voices and organ
  • Memento Domini for four concert voices with instruments and ripieni (1725)
  • Salmi brevi for four voices with wind and other instruments
  • Responsories for Holy Week
  • Offertory , motet, Benedictus, Christ, Miserere
  • Salmi per gli Apostoli
  • Salve Regina for four voices and organ
  • Mass for three voices with organ accompaniment
  • Mass for four voices with organ accompaniment
  • Two requiems
  • Five motets for two tenors and bass with organ accompaniment
  • Dixit in F major for soprano, contralto, tenor and bass with organ accompaniment

Web links

Commons : Bartolomeo Felici  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Digital copies

  1. ^ Isacco figura del redentore. Libretto (Italian), Florence 1747 as digitized version at the Munich Digitization Center .
  2. ↑ La notte prodigiosa. Libretto (Italian), Bologna 1759. Digitized at Google Books .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Fabio Bisogni, Marianne Damm (transl.):  Felici (family). In: Friedrich Blume (Hrsg.): The music in past and present (MGG). First edition, Volume 16 (Supplement 2: Eardsen - Zweibrücken). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 1976, DNB 550439609 , Sp. 197-199 (= Digital Library Volume 60, pp. 21861-21865).
  2. ^ A b Robert Lamar Weaver:  Felici, Bartolomeo. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
  3. ↑ Il prodigioso transito di San Giuseppe at Opening Night! Opera & Oratorio Premieres , Stanford University. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  4. ↑ Il prodigioso transito di S. Giuseppe. Library record in the Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale . Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  5. ↑ Il trionfo della vocazione religiosa contro le lusinghe del mondo at opening night! Opera & Oratorio Premieres , Stanford University. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  6. ^ Il trionfo della penitenza. Library record in the Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale . Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  7. ↑ Isacco figura del Redentore at the opening night! Opera & Oratorio Premieres , Stanford University. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  8. ↑ Il trionfo della religione at opening night! Opera & Oratorio Premieres , Stanford University. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  9. ↑ Il figliuol prodigo at opening night! Opera & Oratorio Premieres , Stanford University. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  10. ↑ La nuvoletta d'Elia at Opening Night! Opera & Oratorio Premieres , Stanford University. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Felici, Bartolomeo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer and organist
DATE OF BIRTH 1695
PLACE OF BIRTH Florence
DATE OF DEATH June 12, 1776
Place of death Florence