Bellerofonte Castaldi

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Bellerofonte Castaldi (* around 1580 in Collegara near Modena ; † September 27, 1649 ibid) was an Italian composer , lutenist , poet and adventurer.

Life

Castaldi was probably born in Collegara, about five kilometers southeast of Modena, in 1580 (or 1581). He came from a wealthy family, which allowed him to travel through Italy and Germany and otherwise indulge in idleness, which is interested in art. He was considered an adventurer and was known for his controversial and satirical poems as well as a virtuoso theorbist , singer and composer.

He spent most of his life wealthy in Venice and Modena. However, he kept getting entangled in Handel. For example, while trying to avenge his brother's death, he was shot in the left foot and limped for the rest of his life. Because of his sharp tongues he was banished from Rome by Pope Paul V.

Towards the end of his life his family property was completely destroyed during a border dispute between the Papal States and the Duchy of Modena, Castaldi died completely ruined in 1649.

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In addition to the compositional work, Castaldi also wrote the texts for his songs himself. He also claimed the invention of the tiorbino, a small form of the theorbo ("mia invenzione novella"), the capricci are the only surviving composition for this instrument.

Castaldi composed and published three collections of compositions:

  • Capricci a due stromenti cioè tiorba e tiorbino e per sonar solo varie sorti di balli e fantasticarie , printed in Modena in 1622. Published as a facsimile: Archivum Musicum: Strumentalismo Italiano, 88 . Florence: Studio per Edizione Scelte, 2002. First section for two theorbs (Capricci & Canzoni), second section for solo theorbo (Gagliarde, fantasie, branli, correnti, la Follia etc.).
  • Primo mazzetto di fiori musicalmente colti dal giardino bellerofonteo , printed in Venice in 1623. Published as a facsimile: Archivum Musicum: La Cantata Barocca, 18. Florence: Studio per Edizione Scelte, 1984. 26 movements for one to four voices ("Con questi amorosi", "Hor che le notte", "Non pensar Clori", " Hor che mi val soffrir "," Dunque Clorida mia "," Colei che tanto tormentami "," Portera'l sol dal occidente "," Vezzosette e care "," Augelletti lasciuetti "," Saetta pur faetta "," O sonno " , "Amor possente", "Fuor di noia di pene", "Hor meno lieti", "Vissi al hor noiosa vita", "Quell'altera", "Lo sdegno c'hora scorgemi", "O Clorida, hor che" , "O crudel amor", "Amor colei", "Tua chioma ora", "O come e vaga", "Quella che tanto", "O Clorida vaga et gentile", "Tutte le viste homai", "Misero giovinetto" ).
  • Collection of 13 songs in the Biblioteca Estense in Modena

literature

  • David Dolata: The Sonatas and Dance Music in the 'Capricci a due stromenti' (1622) of Bellerofonte Castaldi (1580-1649) . Diss., Case Western Reserve Univ. , 1998
  • David Dolata: Visual and poetic allegory in Bellerofonte Castaldi's extraordinary Capricci a due stromenti. In: Early Music, Volume 33, Issue 3, 1 August 2005, Pages 371–392, doi: 10.1093 / em / cah099 .
  • David Dolata (Ed.): Capricci 1622 . With an Introduction; AR Ed., Melville (WI), 2006. ISBN 978-0-89579-591-5 (Part 1); ISBN 978-0-89579-592-2 (Part 2)
  • David Dolata: Bellerofonte Castaldi (1580-1649) of Modena: musician, poet, and adventurer . In: Acta musicologica , Vol. 79, 2007, pp. 85-111
  • Paolo Pergreffi: Bellerofonte Castaldi: Le Rime . Univ. de Bologna, award thesis, 1982
  • Joachim Steinheuer:  Castaldi, Bellerofonte. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 3 (Bjelinski - Calzabigi). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2000, ISBN 3-7618-1113-6  ( online edition , subscription required for full access)

Recordings

The albums listed here only contain pieces by Castaldi. There are also samplers with Castaldi's compositions.

  • Ferita d'Amore: Musiche in habito Thorbesco de Belloforonte Castaldi . With Marco Beasley (tenor), Evangelina Mascardi (Tiorbo / theorbo ), Monica Pustilnik (Tiorbino); Arcana Music, 2010
  • Capriccios. Lautten Comagney Berlin. Harmonia Mundi, 1999
  • Le Musiche di Bellerofonte Castaldi . With Vincent Dumestre and Le Poème Harmonique. Alpha Rec., 2003
  • Battaglia d'Amore. With Gian Paolo Fagotto (tenor), David Dolata (lute), Victor Coelho (lute), Neil Cockburn (harpsichord). Toccata Classics, 2009

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ All biographical details follow the information in Dolata 2006
  2. ↑ However, the Novus Partus sive Concertationes Musicae (Augsburg, 1617) by the French Jean-Baptiste Besard also requires a tiorbino . A discussion of the Tiorbino and a representation of the first page of the Capricci can be found on Francesco Nocerino's website .
  3. ↑ A digital reproduction of the front page on the website of Nicholas S. Lander ( Memento of August 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) ( JPEG file ( Memento of February 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive )). Note e.g. B. the twisted spelling of the name "Bellerofonte", which Lander sees as an expression of his eccentricity.
personal data
SURNAME Castaldi, Bellerofonte
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer, writer and lutenist
DATE OF BIRTH around 1580
PLACE OF BIRTH Collegara near Modena
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 1649
Place of death Modena