Bonaventure Rubino
Bonaventura Rubino (* around 1600 in Montecchio near Bergamo ; † 1668 ) was an Italian composer and minorite .
Life
Fra Bonaventura Rubino, about whose life no more is known than is written in the preface to his works, was Kapellmeister of the Cathedral of Palermo from 1643 to 1665 and a member of the "Academia degli Accesi". With his colleagues Giovanni Battista Fasolo , Vincenzo Amato and Bonaventura Aliotti , he was one of the most influential figures in the musical life of Palermo in the middle of the seventeenth century . In 1647 his order awarded him the honorary title of Magister Musices .
style
Rubino's seven printed collections were created during his stay in Palermo and were published by local printers. The works contain all the compositions required for ecclesiastical use and sacred occasions. Rubino wrote eight masses (including a requiem), about 70 other works for ecclesiastical use (introit, psalms and magnificat and 47 motets). All are provided with organ figured bass. Rubino used the double choir in such a way that soloists took part in both choirs, or alternatively by juxtaposing a soloist group (concertato) with a strong choir (ripieno). His music is often accompanied by two violin parts, and many vocal works are preceded by an instrumental “sinfonia”.
His style is influenced by Monteverdi's “Selva morale e spirituale”, as Rubino said in the foreword to his first work. His works are permeated with harmonic articulation, homorhythmic blocks alternate with ingenious set fugues. The music has an extremely intense relationship to the text and the occasional chromaticism used is intense and expressive. The frequent use of non-ecclesiastical bass ostinato themes, such as the Chaconne or the Passacaglia , are particularly characteristic. For example, the “Lauda Ierusalem” from the collection from 1655 is based on a Bergamasca bass. The result is a very personal and idiomatic style. In the last decade of his life he used e.g. B. in the Psalms of 1658, the so-called "style moderno".
Works (selection)
All works were created between 1643 and 1665 and form a complete work under the title " Tesoro armonico ".
- Op. 1: Vespro della Beata Vergine (Palermo, 1645), copies of this work have been found in Bologna and Malta. In 1990 the work was reprinted.
- Op. 2: Messa, e Salmi A Otto Voci, Concertati nel Primo Choro (Palermo, 1651)
- Op. 3: Il primo libro de motetti concertati a due, tre, quattro, e cinque voci (Palermo, 1651), dedicated to Martín de León y Cárdenas, the Archbishop of Palermo. A copy is in the library of the Brussels Conservatory.
- La Rosalia guerriera (1652)
- Op. 4: Il secondo libro de mottetti a due, tre, quattro, e cinque voa, con una Messa de morti nelfine a 5 concertata (Palermo, 1653)
- Op. 5: Salmi varii variamente concertati con sinfonie d'obligo et a beneplacito (Palermo, 1655)
- Vespro dello Stellario con Sinfonie ed altri Salmi (Palermo, 1655)
- Op. 6: Salmi concertati a cinque voci (Palermo, 1658)
- Op. 7: Salmi davidici concertati a tre e quattro voci (Palermo, 1658)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rubino, Bonaventure |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian organist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1600 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montecchio near Bergamo |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1668 |