Erasmus Marotta

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Erasmus Marotta (* 1578 in Randazzo ; † October 6, 1641 in Palermo ) was an Italian Jesuit and composer .

Life

Erasmus Marotta stayed for a long time in Rome at the papal court. In 1612 he entered the Society of Jesus . He was rector of the Jesuit college in Mineo .

Works

  • Cantus pii musicis modulis expressi, Palermo 1603
  • Aminta set to music, a pastoral by Torquato Tasso, 1630
  • 1600 Aminta musicale di Erasmo Marotta. The primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci, con un dialogo a otto.

literature

  • Marotta, Erasmus. In: Musical Lexicon or musical library: not only the Musici, which is so well known in old as in modern times, in the same in different nations, through theory and practice, ... listed, but also those in Greek, Latin, Italian and ... Deer, 1732.
  • Marotta (Erasmus). In: Carl Günther Ludovici: Large complete Universal Lexicon of all sciences and arts. JHZedler 1739.
  • Marotta, Erasmus. In: Mendel-Reissmann: Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon 1870–1879 / 83, An Encyclopedia of the Entire Musical Sciences. For educated people of all classes. Founded by Hermann Mendel, continued by Dr. August Reissmann Volume VII, 1876.
  • Erasmus Marotta. In: Alfred Baumgartner: Baroque music. Kiesel Verlag, 1981, ISBN 3-7023-4002-5 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pierre Guillot: Les jésuites et la musique: le Collège de la Trinité à Lyon, 1565–1762 . Editions Mardaga, 1991, ISBN 978-2-87009-401-3 (French, books.google.de ).
  2. ^ Carl Günther Ludovici: Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts ... JH Zedler, 1739 ( books.google.de [accessed on June 8, 2017]).
  3. ^ Ernst Ludwig Gerber: New historical-biographical lexicon of the Tonkünstler: Th. KR . A. Kühnel, 1813 ( books.google.de [accessed June 8, 2017]).
  4. ↑ Bibliotheca Sicula, siue De scriptoribus Siculis, qui tum vetera, tum recentiora sæcula illustrarunt, notitiæ locupletissimæ; in quibus non solùm Siculorum auctorum qui ad hæc usque tempora scripserunt, codices excusi, vel manuscripti adnotantur… Accessit apparatus præliminaris operi prævius… auctore… Antonino Mongitore… Tomus primus [-secundus] . ex typographia Didaci Bua, 1707 ( books.google.de [accessed June 8, 2017]).
  5. ^ Musical Conversations Lexicon. An encyclopedia of the entire musical sciences. For educated of all stands  - Internet Archive
personal data
SURNAME Marotta, Erasmus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Jesuit and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1578
PLACE OF BIRTH Randazzo
DATE OF DEATH October 6, 1641
Place of death Palermo