Benedetto Pamphilj

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Benedetto Cardinal Pamphilj

Benedetto Pamphilj (the unusual spelling with "j" is an old orthographic variant for "i" at the end of the word; also written Pamphilij or Pamphili ), (* April 25, 1653 in Rome ; † March 22, 1730 ) was an Italian cardinal, librettist and composer.

family

Benedetto Pamphilj came from the noble family Pamphilj from Umbria . His father, a nephew of Pope Innocent X (Giovanni Battista Pamphilj), was the former Cardinal Camillo Francesco Maria Pamphilj , who in 1647 became his cardinalate for the wedding to Olimpia Aldobrandini , Princess of Rossano and widow of the late Paolo Borghese (1622–1642) , gave up and had to leave Rome at the urging of his mother Olimpia Maidalchini .

Life

Pope Innocent XI. appointed him 1678 Grand Prior of Rome of the Sovereign Order of Malta ; he was a member of this order. He was appointed cardinal deacon with the titular church of Santa Maria in Campitelli on September 1, 1681 and ordained a priest on December 24, 1684. This was followed by the titular churches Sant'Agata dei Goti (1685/89), San Cesareo in Palatio , Santa Maria in Cosmedin (1686/88), Sant'Agata alla Suburra (another name for Sant'Agata dei Goti ; 1688/1693) and Santa Maria in Via Lata (1693/1730). He was Archpriest of Santa Maria Maggiore (1694/1699) and the Lateran Basilica (1699/1730). He also worked for the Vatican Secret Archives (1704/1730) and the Vatican Apostolic Library (1704/1730).

In 1685 he was appointed Prefect of the Apostolic Signature . From 1693 to 1730 he was a cardinal protodeacon . Benedetto Pamphilj took part in the conclaves in 1689 , 1691 , 1700 , 1721 and 1724 . He died during the vacancy of the Apostolic See in 1730.

Appreciation

Benedetto Pamphilj was an important figure in the culture and arts of Rome in the 17th and 18th centuries ( Palazzo Doria-Pamphilj ), especially as a patron of music. He was the author of numerous oratorio librettos, sonnets and secular cantata texts, some of which he set to music himself or had the young Georg Friedrich Handel set to music.

Works (selection)

  • S. Maria Maddalena de 'Pazzi. Oratorio da cantarsi nel giorno della sua festa alla presenza dell'eminentiss. sig. card.le de 'Medici (Rome 1687)
  • Conversione di SM Maddalena. Oratorio a tre voci da cantarsi nella chiesa de 'padri della congregazione dell' oratorio di S. Filippo Neri di Firenze , music by Alessandro Scarlatti (Florence 1693)
  • S. Francesca Romana. Oratorio a cinque voci da cantarsi nella chiesa de 'padri della congregazione dell'oratorio di S. Filippo Neri di Firenze , music by Alessandro Melani (Florence 1693)
  • Il sagrificio di Abel. Oratorio a quattro voci da cantarsi nella chiesa de 'padri della Congregazione dell'Oratorio di S. Filippo Neri di Firenze , music by Alessandro Melani (Florence 1693)
  • S. Rosa di Viterbo del sacro ordine di S. Francesco. Oratorio a cinque voci da cantarsi nella chiesa de 'padri della congregazione dell' oratorio di san Filippo Neri di Firenze , music by Alessandro Melani (Florence 1693)
  • Il martirio di S. Vittoria. Oratorio a quattro voci da cantarsi nella chiesa de 'padri della congregazione dell' oratorio di S. Filippo Neri di Firenze , music by Giovanni del Violone (Florence 1693)
  • L 'Ismaele soccorso dall' angelo. Oratorio a cinque voci da cantarsi nella venerabible compagnia dell 'angiolo Raffaello detta la scala , music by Alessandro Scarlatti (Florence 1695)
  • Il trionfo della grazia o vero La conversione di SM Maddalena oratorio a tre voci da cantarsi nel nobil collegio Tolomei di Siena , music by Alessandro Scarlatti (Florence 1699)
  • Santa Maria Maddalena de 'Pazzi. Oratorio dedicated to the convittori del collegio Clementino alla madre suor Maria Grazia di S. Clemente carmelitana (Rome 1705)
  • Triumph of the Virgin ascended into heaven. Oratorio for 4 voices to be sung in the venerabil compagnia della Purificazione di Maria Vergine e S. Zanobi detta di S. Marco , music by Alessandro Scarlatti (Florence 1706)
  • The Triumph of Grace. Oratorio , music Antonio Maria Bononcini (Vienna 1707)
  • Sedecia king of Jerusalem. Oratorio per musica da cantarsi nelle stanze de 'paggi d'onore di sua altezza reale dedicato da' medesimi al serenissimo gran duca (Florence 1707)
  • La Bellezza raveduta nel trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno. Oratorio , music by Georg Friedrich Handel (Rome 1707)
  • The prodigal son. Oratorio , music by Carlo Francesco Cesarini (Rome 1708)
  • Maria Maddalena de 'Pazzi. Oratorio a quattro voci fatta cantare da monsignor Sebastiano Pompilio Bonaventura vescovo di Montefiascone, e Corneto alla presenza delle reali maestà di Giacomo Terzo re della Gran Bretagna, e Maria Clementina Sobieschi di lui regia consorte , music by Alessandro Scarlatti (Montefiascone 1719)

There is no evidence of a premiere for Handel's two-part oratorio Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno ( HWV 46a) from 1707, so the location of this performance at the Collegio Germanico in Rome is , as is often claimed, pure speculation. However, there is evidence of the performances of Handel's later arrangements as Il trionfo del Tempo e della Verità , Oratorio in tre parti , (HWV 46b, London, March 23, 1737) and The Triumph of Time and Truth , Oratorio in three parts (English text by George Oldmixon and Thomas Morell , HWV 71, London, March 11th 1757 at the Theater Royal, Covent Garden ).

literature

  • Lea Hinden: The cantata texts by Benedetto Pamphili (1653-1730). With complete edition (= music and nobility in the Rome of the Sei and Settecento; Volume 2)). Merseburger, Kassel 2015, ISBN 978-3-87537-337-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christoph Weber : The papal trainee teachers 1566-1809. Chronology and prosopography (= popes and papacy. Vol. 31). Volume 3. Anton Hiersemann, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-7772-0401-3 , p. 791.
  2. ↑ Michaela Völkel: The picture of the castle. Representation and self-portrayal of German courts in series of architectural engravings 1600–1800 (= Art Studies. Vol. 92). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich et al. 2001, ISBN 3-422-06332-3 (At the same time: Marburg, University, dissertation, 1999).
  3. ↑ Lea Hinden: "Musical Profiling of the Roman Nobility in the 17th Century: Benedetto Pamphilj" , University of Bern , accessed on November 12, 2011
  4. ^ Sabine Ehrmann-Herfort: Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno. In: Hans Joachim Marx (Hrsg.): The Handel Handbook in 6 volumes: The Handel Lexicon , (Volume 6), Laaber-Verlag, Laaber 2011, ISBN 978-3-89007-552-5 , pp. 735 f .
  5. ↑ "Georg Friedrich Handel. The Trionfo del Tempo e del disinganno. Oratorio in due parti by Benedetto Pamphili ” (PDF; 73 kB), fra bernardo, Vienna 2011, accessed on November 12, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Pamphilj, Benedetto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pamphilij, Benedetto; Pamphili, Benedetto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cardinal and librettist
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1653
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 1730