Domenico Zipoli

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Domenico Zipoli S.J. (Born October 17, 1688 in Prato , † January 2, 1726 in Santa Catalina, near Córdoba (Argentina) ) was an Italian Jesuit and missionary . He was best known as a baroque composer and organist .

Life

Zipoli was born on October 17th (other sources indicate the 16th or 18th) October 1688 in Prato, Tuscany. It was there that his first music lessons began with the musicians of the city cathedral. Due to financial support from Grand Duke Cosimo III. de 'Medici he was able to continue his studies in Florence in 1707 . A year later he went to Rome , where he began his studies and later met Bernardo Pasquini . In the meantime, he stayed briefly in Bologna and Naples , but from where he left due to differences of opinion with Alessandro Scarlatti . In 1710 he took over the post of organist at Santa Maria in Trastevere . During this time in Rome he composed his first masses and oratorios . In 1716 he published his Sonata d'Intavolatura for organ and harpsichord .

In the same year he became a member of the Jesuit order , his entry motivation was the desire to go as a musician in the Jesuit reductions . He lived in Seville for a year . In April 1717 he began his journey to South America , where he arrived three months later and finally settled near Córdoba. In addition to continuing his theology and philosophy studies, he continued to devote himself to music. His compositions achieved great fame among mission members, and contemporary copies can be found in many libraries in Latin America. P. Piotr Nawrot SVD edited the scores found in the Archivo Musical de Chiquitos and Archivo Musical de Moxos (both in Bolivia), including masses, hymns and psalm settings. He died of tuberculosis at the age of 37, shortly before he was ordained a priest.

Works

Dedication from Zipoli's Sonate d'intavolatura

Domenico Zipoli is best known for his organ and harpsichord works. However, his vocal works in particular have only survived in fragments.

Vocal works:

  • Missa Brevis ("Missa Zipoli") in F major
  • Missa di S. Ignazio in F major
  • Missa di Potosí in F major
  • In addition, psalms , hymns and other works

Instrumental works:

Operas:

  • San Ignacio (revision of the score by an unknown composer in Bolivia)

Audio samples

Audio file / audio sample Pastorals from Sonate d'intavolatura for organ ? / i
Audio file / audio sample Gavotta in B minor from Sonate d'intavolatura for harpsichord ? / i
Audio file / audio sample Largo in B minor from Sonate d'intavolatura for harpsichord ? / i

literature

  • Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini (Ed.): Organ and harpsichord works , 2 volumes. Müller, Heidelberg 1958
  • Joachim Faller:  ZIPOLI, Domenico. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 29, Bautz, Nordhausen 2008, ISBN 978-3-88309-452-6 , Sp. 1595-1600.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
  • R. Fioravanti, "Domenico Zipoli", La musica a Prato dal Duecento al Novecento , Firenze 1973
  • Francisco Curt Lange, Itinerario profesional y sentimental de Domenico Zipoli, su opera omnia , Buenos Aires, 1973
  • Francisco Curt Lange: "The Domenico Zipoli case", Festschrift Karl Gustav Fellerer on the occasion of his 70th birthday , Arno-Volk-Verlag, Cologne 1973
  • Susan Elizabeth Erickson-Bloch, The keyboard music of Domenico Zipoli , Cornell University of Michigan, 1976
  • Mark A. Crook: Domenico Zipoli (1688-1726): A Bibliographic Perspective , Dissertation Kent State University, April 1991
  • Umberto Bielli, Domenico Zipoli. Profilo di un organista pratese alla luce della sua vocazione morale e dottrinale gesuitica , Edizioni Univ. Novels, 1996
  • Luis Szarán, Domenico Zipoli. Un vita un enigma , Prato 2000
  • Piotr Nawrot: Domenico Zipoli, 1688-1726. Scoreas. A 30 años del descubrimiento . Fondo Editorial Asociación Pro Arte y Cultura (APAC), Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) 2002. 5 volumes. ISBN 99905-1-028-8 , ISBN 99905-1-029-6 , ISBN 99905-1-030-X , ISBN 99905-1-031-8 , ISBN 99905-1-032-6 .
  • Sergio Militello, Il sogno musicale di un “Paradiso in Terra”. Domenico Zipoli (1688-1726) , Presentazione di Papa Francesco, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano 2018, (pp. 254), ISBN 978-88-266-0186-1

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ^ Piotr Nawrot: Domenico Zipoli, 1688-1726. Scoreas. A 30 años del descubrimiento . Fondo Editorial Asociación Pro Arte y Cultura (APAC), Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) 2002. 5 volumes.
personal data
SURNAME Zipoli, Domenico
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian baroque composer and missionary
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1688
PLACE OF BIRTH Prato (Tuscany)
DATE OF DEATH January 2, 1726
Place of death near Córdoba (Argentina)