Francesco Azopardi

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Plaque in memory of Azopardi in Rabat

Francesco Az (z) opardi (full name: Giovanni Bat (t) ista Agostino Francesco Giuseppe Azopardi; born May 5, 1748 in Mdina (Città Notabile), † February 6, 1809 in Rabat ) was a Maltese composer , organist, music teacher and Music theorist.

Life

Francesco Azopardi received his musical training first in Malta with Michelangelo Vella († 1792) and during his stay in Naples from 1763 to 1774 . On October 15, 1763 he was accepted as a boarding school student at the Conservatorio di Sant 'Onofrio a Porta Capuana in Naples . He studied with Carlo Contumacci († 1785) and Joseph Doll († 1774). In 1767 he left the Conservatory but stayed as Kapellmeister in Naples and continued his studies with Niccolò Piccinni . In 1768 he made his first church music composition, a mass. In Naples worked as a music teacher who taught both privately and in monasteries. Occasionally during this time he traveled to Malta. In 1772 he gave the cathedral chapter in Mdina a setting of Mass and a setting of Dixit Dominus . This test of his work should clarify his abilities and make the chapter weighed for a possible later employment as Kapellmeister. After Vincenzo Zerafa's death in Naples in December 1773, the position of organist at the cathedral in Mdina became vacant. In 1774 he returned to Malta at the invitation of Bishop Pellerano and was hired on April 12, 1774 as organist at the Cathedral of Mdina . Associated with this position was the right to succeed the current conductor, cum Futura successione . In Mdina he worked with the conductor Benigno Zerafa (1726-1804), an uncle of Vincenzo Zerafa. Zerafa was probably a friend of the Azopardis family and had probably already supported him with his admission to the Conservatory in Naples. In 1789 he became Kapellmeister at the St. John's Cokthedral in Valletta . In 1804 he became Zerafa's successor himself Kapellmeister at the Cathedral of Mdina. Nicolas Isouard was one of his students. Azopardi died in Rabat on February 6, 1809.

Works (selection)

Francesco Azopardi composed around 250 mostly sacred works. 31 masses, 76 psalm settings, 6 magnificat settings, 2 passions, 6 lamentations, 70 motets, 16 antiphons and organ music.

Vocal music

  • La passione di Cristo , oratorio . Libretto: Pietro Metastasio . The work wasperformedin the Teatru Manoel in1802.
  • Mass No. 1 in F, 1768
  • Missa No 2, 1770
  • Missa No.3, 1772
  • Messa a due chori, 1775
  • Messa ad 8 voci coie a due cori del 1776 I Kyrie II Gloria IIa Gratias agimus for soprano solo IIb Domine deus for soprano and alto IIc Domine deus for bass solo IId Qui tollis IIe Qui sedes for soprano solo IIf Quoniam tu solus for soprano solo IIg Cum Sancto Spiritu. Instrumentation: 2 flutes, ´2 oboes, bassoon, 2 trumpets, 2 horns, violin I and II choir I, violin I and II choir II, bass, 2 organs, soprano, alto, tenor, choir I (soprano, alto, tenor , Bass), choir II (soprano, alto, tenor, bass), soprano solo, alto solo, bass solo. Simon Farrugia from the University of Malta published the work in 2008
  • Malta felice [Happy Malta]. Azopardi wrote this cantata in 1775 for the introduction of the new Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Emanuel de Rohan-Polduc .
  • Messa de Morti a 4 voci, 1792. The Requiem was composed in memory of Emperor Leopold II . It consists of eight movements I Introit : Requiem aeternam II Kyrie III Sequentia: Dies irae IV Offertorium Domine Jesu Christe and Hostias repente V Sanctus and Benedictus VI Agnus Dei VII Communio: Lux aeterna VIII Libera me Domine. The Dies irae alone lasts 38 minutes. The gradual is not composed.
  • Psalm 111 Beatus vir for soprano and orchestra. I Allegro comodo Beatus vir II Largo Gloria III Allegro Jucundus homo, qui miseretur IV Largo Paratum Cor Ejus Sperare In Domino V Allegro Dispersit VI Andante pizzicato Poccator videbit VII Largocon sordini Gloria patri et filio VIII Finale vivace Sicut erat in principio . In 1993, the factory was the Festival D' Auvers-Sur-Oise in the church Notre-Dame d'Auvers-Sur-Oise listed . Performers were the soprano Alexis Magaró, the trumpeter Eric Aubier and the Orchester La Concertante under the direction of Michaël Cousteau. A recording of the performance was published on CD.
  • Alma redemptoris mater . for soprano, flute, strings and basso continuo in C major. Published by Richard Duvall.
  • Vade Anania. Antiphon. For tenor, strings, two oboes, two horns and basso continuo in B flat major. Azopardi composed the work on January 23, 1807 as a commission for the cathedral chapter Mdina. The first performance took place on January 24, 1807.

Instrumental works

  • Sinfonia in D major from 1799. Bertil van Boer created a version that was performed and recorded on January 15, 2013 by the Jeune Orchester Atlantique under the direction of Stéphanie-Marie Degand as part of the Valletta International Baroque Festival at the Teatru Manoel.
  • Sonatina pastorale for piano. I Allegro moderato II Andante pastorale III Allegro. The work was recorded by pianist Murray McLachlan between September 5 and 7, 1995 at St. Paul's Church in Southgate, London . It was released on the CD Piano Music from Malta OCD 489 at Olympia.

Il Musico Prattico

Francesco Azopardi was best known for his theoretical work Il Musico Prattico. The full name is: Il Musico prattico o Lezioni che conducono gli allievi nell'arte del contrappunto , insegnando loro la maniera di comporre correttamente ogni specie di musica ; opera composta secondo i dei Principi d'Italia Conservatori e più semplice e più brass nell'ordine chiaro since F . A .. [The trained music or lessons that guide students in the art of counterpoint, teaching the proper way of composing any type of music. A multi-part work according to the principles of the Conservatories of Italy and put in the simplest and clearest order by Francesco Azopardi]. The two-volume French translation Le Musicien Pratique by Nicolas-Étienne Framéry was published in Paris in 1786 . It became a very influential work. In 1809 Azopardi published another edition. In 1824 a one-volume edition by Alexandre-Étienne Choron was published in Paris . It was used as a text book at the Paris Conservatory. François-Joseph Fétis judged the work to be mediocre, but Luigi Cherubini cited  many examples in his own music theory work Cours de contrepoint et de Fugue [Course of counterpoint and fugue] from 1835.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Francesco Azopardi (1748 - 1809). (No longer available online.) In: EURTEXT - Back to the future! Formerly in the original ; accessed on October 12, 2017 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.eurtext.eu  
  2. ^ A b c d e f CarloPetrucci: AZZOPARDI, Francesco in "Dizionario Biografico". In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. 1962, Retrieved October 12, 2017 (Italian).
  3. ^ A b c Frederick Aquilina: Benigno Zerafa (1726-1804) and the Neapolitan Galant Style . Boydell & Brewer, 2016, ISBN 978-1-78327-086-6 ( google.de [accessed October 13, 2017]).
  4. ↑ a b c d e f Wim Goossens: Francesco Azopardi. Retrieved October 13, 2017 .
  5. ↑ General German Real Encyclopedia . 1820 ( google.de [accessed on October 13, 2017]).
  6. ↑ Simon Farrugia: Messa (Kyrie e Gloria) del 1776 by Francesco Azopardi 1748-1809 . ( academia.edu [accessed October 13, 2017]).
  7. ^ Orchester La Concertante - Concert "Live". Retrieved October 13, 2017 .
  8. ↑ a b concert Francesco Azopardi's works in tonight's Rabat Agape Festival. In: The Malta Independent. February 9, 2014, accessed October 13, 2017 .
  9. ↑ EUR TEXT: Francesco Azopardi - Sinfonia in D major. May 25, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Azopardi, Francesco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Azzopardi, Francesco; Azopardi, Giovanni Batista Agostino Francesco Giuseppe Azopardi (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Maltese composer, organist, music teacher and music theorist
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1748
PLACE OF BIRTH Mdina (Città Notabile)
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1809
Place of death Rabat