Dario Castello

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Dario Castello (born October 19, 1602 in Venice , † July 2, 1631 in Venice) was an Italian composer and instrumentalist of early baroque music . His works are influenced by the early Venetian school .

Life

Dario Castello was the son of Giovanni Battista Castello, who in 1626 got a job as " piffaro " with the Doge.
He lived in Venice, where he was also a priest. From 1624 he was a violinist in the Chapel of San Marco in Venice.

Only the front pages of the printed works provide information. Here he is called from 1627 as " Capo di Compagnia de Musici d'Instrumenti da fiato in Venetia " ("Head of a society of brass musicians ") and from the same year he was named " Don ". In the second collection he is mentioned as " Musico Della Serenissima Signoria di Venetia in S.Marco, & Capo di Compagnia de Instrumenti ".

A total of 29 of his works are known. His music is inventive, technically demanding and rich in contrasts. An unusually large number of reprints testify to Castello's popularity, for example in 1658 by the publisher Phalèse in Antwerp.

Works

  • Sonate concertate in style moderno a 2 & 3 voci, Libro primo , Venice, 1621
  • Sonata concertate in the style of moderno per sonar nel Organo overo Clavicembalo with diversi Instrumenti. A 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th voci. Libro secondo , Venice, 1629
  • Motet Exultate Deo (1625 and 1636)

literature

  • Rodolfo Baroncini, Dario Castello e la formazione del musico a Venezia: nuovi documenti e nuove prospettive , in Recercare , 29 (2017), pp. 53-100.
  • Andrew Dell'Antonio:  Castello, Dario. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 4 (Camarella - Couture). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2000, ISBN 3-7618-1114-4  ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
  • Eleanor Selfridge-Field: Dario Castello: A Non-Existent Biography. In: Music and Letters, LIII (1972) / 2, pp. 179-190.
  • Eleanor Selfridge-Field: Venetian Instrumental Music from Gabrieli to Vivaldi . 3rd edn. Dover Publications, Inc., Mineola NY 1994, ISBN 0-486-28151-5 .

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SURNAME Castello, Dario
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer
DATE OF BIRTH before 1600
DATE OF DEATH around 1658