Francesco della Porta

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Francesco della Porta (* around 1610 in Monza ; † January 1666 in Milan ) was an Italian organist and composer of the Baroque era.

life and work

Della Porta was a student of Giovanni Domenico Ripalta (Jean Dominique Ripalta). He was successively Kapellmeister and organist at S. Ambrogio , S. Celso and S. Antonio in Milan.

He composed Motetti a due, tre, quattro e cinque voci , the Salmi da capella a 4 voci con altre Salmi, op. 5 and the Ricercate .

Works

  • Motetti a due, tre, quattro e cinque voci
    • Liber 1, op.2. Venice 1645
    • Liber 2, op.3 Venice 1648
    • Liber 3, op.4. Venice 1651 and Antwerp 1654
    • Liber primi cantionum… Pars II. Antwerp 1650 (reprint of Liber 2, op. 3)
  • Salmi da capella a quattro voci con altre Salmi, op. 5. Venice 1656–1657.
  • Ricercate a quattro voci. Milan without a year

literature

  • Ernst Ludwig Gerber: Porta (Francesco della) . In: New historical-biographical dictionary of Musicians ... Part 3: K-R . A. Kühnel, Leipzig 1813, Sp. 752 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Hermann Mendel, August Reissmann: Porta, Francesco Della . In: Musical Conversations Lexicon. An encyclopedia of the entire musical sciences. For educated of all stands . tape 8 . Robert Oppenheim, Berlin 1877, p. 147 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Porta, Francesco della . In: Wilibald Gurlitt (Ed.): Riemann Musiklexikon . 12th, completely revised edition. Persons part: L-Z . Schott, Mainz 1961, p. 429 .
  • Porta, Francesco della . In: Carl Dahlhaus (Ed.): Riemann Musiklexikon . 12th, completely revised edition. Personal section: L – Z , supplementary volume. Schott, Mainz 1975, p. 403 .
  • Gustav Schilling: Porta, Francesco della . In: Encyclopedia of the Entire Musical Sciences: Or Universal Lexicon of Tonkunst . tape 5 : Moritz to Ries . Köhler, 1841, p. 512 ( books.google.de ).
  • Della Porta, Francesco. In: Massimiliano Pavan (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 37:  Della Fratta – Della Volpaia. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1989.

Web links

Individual references and comments

  1. ↑ a b c Porta, Francesco della . In: Wilibald Gurlitt (Ed.): Riemann Musiklexikon . 12th, completely revised edition. Persons part: L-Z . Schott, Mainz 1961, p. 429 .
  2. ↑ Porta, Francesco della . In: Carl Dahlhaus (Ed.): Riemann Musiklexikon . 12th, completely revised edition. Personal section: L – Z , supplementary volume. Schott, Mainz 1975, p. 403 .
  3. ↑ The approximate year of birth is given according to Riemann 1975. Riemann 1961 gives 1590 here.
  4. ↑ Gustav Schilling. 1841.
personal data
SURNAME Della Porta, Francesco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Porta, Francesco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian organist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1610
PLACE OF BIRTH Monza
DATE OF DEATH January 1666
Place of death Milan