Franchinus Gaffurius
Franchinus Gaffurius (also Franchino Gaffurio, Gaffori or Gafori ; born January 14, 1451 in Lodi , † June 25, 1522 in Milan ) was an Italian conductor , composer and music theorist of the Renaissance .
Live and act
Francino Gaffurio was trained as a theologian and musician in the Benedictine monastery in his hometown and after his ordination initially worked at the court of the Gonzaga in Padua . Between 1477 and 1488 he worked in Genoa and Naples, but then returned to his native city. In 1484 he was appointed Kapellmeister at the Cathedral in Milan , where he achieved a high reputation. He held this position until his death.
He was very productive as a composer and, in addition to a Stabat mater , created a number of masses , magnificats , hymns and motets , but also instrumental compositions and secular works.
Gaffurio is the author of Theorica musicae , published in 1492 , in which he reproduced the legend of Pythagoras in the forge about the alleged discovery of the mathematical basis of musical harmony in a forge. In 1518 his treatise De harmonia musicorum instrumentorum ("On the harmony of musical instruments") was published.
His high reputation was also based on his work as a music theorist and teacher, choir director and conductor. He succeeded in considerably improving the quality of the Milan cathedral choir and the court orchestra.
Text output
- Franchino Gaffurio: Theoricum opus musice discipline , ed. by Cesarino Ruini, Libreria Musicale Italiana, Lucca 1996, ISBN 88-7096-039-0 (reprint of the Naples 1480 edition with an introduction by the editor).
- Franchino Gaffurio: Theorica musice , ed. by Ilde Illuminati and Fabio Bellissima, Edizioni del Galluzzo, Firenze 2005, ISBN 88-8450-161-X (Latin text and Italian translation).
literature
- Ernst Praetorius: The mensural theory of Franchinus Gafurius and the following period up to the middle of the 16th century . Sendet 1970, facsimile reprint of the Breitkopf & Härtel edition, Leipzig 1905.
- Antonio Sardi de Letto: Gaffurio, Franchino . In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani . Volume 51, Rome 1998, pp. 214-216.
Web links
- Franchinus Gaffurius: Una grande figura di teorico e di musicista nella Milano di fine quattrocento (Italian)
- Antonio Sardi de Letto: Entry "Franchino Gaffurio" in the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani , Volume 51 (1998)
- CV and list of works on Musicologie.org (French)
- Sheet music and audio files by Franchinus Gaffurius in the International Music Score Library Project
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SURNAME | Gaffurius, Franchinus |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gaffurio, Franchino |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian conductor and composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1451 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lodi |
DATE OF DEATH | June 25, 1522 |
Place of death | Milan |