Diogenio Bigaglia
Diogenio Bigaglia , in some manuscripts also Padre Benedettino Bigaglia or Padre Bicajo , (* around 1676 in Murano near Venice , † around 1745 in Venice) was an Italian composer .
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Diogenio Bigaglia entered the Benedictine monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice in 1694 . In 1700 he was ordained a priest, and in 1713 he was finally prior of the monastery.
Bigaglia composed both sacred and secular vocal works. Little of his larger-scale sacred compositions has survived, but printed textbooks show that his oratorios were also performed outside Venice, for example in Rimini , Bologna, Faenza and Prague . His numerous sacred and secular cantatas show the influence of Alessandro Scarlatti . His instrumental music some polyphonic concertos and solo concerts, his 12 sonatas for violin or flute and B. c. op. 1 (published by Le Cène , Amsterdam, 1715), but especially the trio sonatas for 2 flutes and basso continuo, manuscripts of which are in Berlin and Schwerin, show Bigaglia to be a connoisseur of contemporary styles in Germany and France. The latter are set in the form of the church sonata and require a virtuoso flute technique in the decorations, the lines are reminiscent of the works of Bach and Handel.
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literature
- Friedrich Blume, Ed .: Music in the past and present , 1st edition, 1949–1986
- Stanley Sadie, Ed .: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , London, New York, Massachusetts 2001, 2nd edition, ISBN 1-56159-239-0
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bigaglia, Diogenio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bigaglia, Benedettino |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1676 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Murano |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1745 |
| Place of death | Venice |