Giovanni Animuccia
Giovanni Animuccia (* around 1514 in Florence , † March 25, 1571 in Rome ) was an Italian church music composer.
biography
Animuccia had been Kapellmeister of the Cappella Giulia at St. Peter in the Vatican since 1555 and died in Rome in 1571, whereupon Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina , who had been his predecessor in that office from 1551 to 1554, in turn succeeded him. His brother Paolo (around 1500 to 1570) worked for a short time in Rome as Kapellmeister at the Lateran .
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Animuccia is one of the oldest and most outstanding masters of the Roman school of Claude Goudimel , which was called to use the technique of counterpoint trained by the Dutch in the service of the highest artistic tasks. Among his numerous vocal compositions of all kinds, the Laudi spirituali composed for the edification hours in the oratorio of Philipp Neri (2 books, 1565 and 1570), four-part hymn-like chants, which, through the change of the choir with the solo part, are the first forerunners to be emphasized of the oratorio .
Web links
- Sheet music in the public domain by Giovanni Animuccia in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)
- Works by and about Giovanni Animuccia in the catalog of the German National Library
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| SURNAME | Animuccia, Giovanni |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian church composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1514 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Florence |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 25, 1571 |
| Place of death | Rome |