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Girolamo Abos (born November 16, 1715 in Valletta , † October 1760 in Naples ) was a Maltese composer of the Neapolitan School .

Life

Girolamo Abos went to Naples in 1725. He received his training from 1729 at the Conservatorio dei Poveri di Gesù Cristo in Naples. His teachers were Ignazio Prota and Francesco Feo . He also studied with Gaetano Greco , Gerolamo Ferraro and Francesco Durante . His first opera Le due zingare simili was performed at the Teatro Nuovo in Naples in 1742. Abos was a music teacher in various conservatories in Naples from 1742. In October of the same year he became “maestro aggiunto” [assistant teacher] of Ignazio Prota at the Conservatorio di Sant'Onofrio a Porta Capuana . In 1748 Prota died. Until his death he was a singing teacher at the Conservatorio. From 1742 to 1743 he was “secondo maestro” alongside Francesco Feo with the Poveri di Gesù Cristo. 1743 deputy of Ignazio Prota, Leonardo Leo and Durante at the Conservatorio di Sant'Onofrio a Porta Capuana. In 1749 he became conductor and organist at the Metropolitan Church in Naples. Shortly after the world premiere of Tito Manlio in 1751, he married Andrea Gautier. 1754 “secondo maestro” at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini . In 1756 he traveled to London as a harpsichordist and became "Maestro al harpsichord" at the Italian theater. In 1759 he gave up teaching. Abos also worked as Kapellmeister at various churches in Naples.

Among his students were Giovanni Paisiello , Niccolo Piccinni and Benigno Zerafa. His works were performed across Europe with varying degrees of success, for example his Tito Manlio in London in 1756 .

Works

Operas

• Le due zingare simili, opera buffa. Libretto: Antonio Palomba, 1742, Naples
• Il geloso, commedia. Libretto: Antonio Palomba, spring 1743, Napoli, Teatro dei Fiorentini
• Le furberie di Spilletto. Carnival 1744, Florence, Teatro del Cocomero
• La serva padrona. Libretto: A. Federico, Carnival 1744, Naples
• La moglie gelosa. 1745, Naples, Teatro di Fiorentini
• Adriano in Siria. Libretto: Pietro Metastasio , 1746, Florence, Teatro alla Pergola
• Artaserse . Libretto: Pietro Metastasio, Carnival 1746, Venice, Teatro San Giovanno Crisostomo
• Alessandro nelle indie . Libretto: Pietro Metastasio, 1747, Ancona, Teatro La Fenice July 1747, Lucca, 1750 OCLC 658803870
• Pelopida. Libretto: Gaetano Roccaforte, 1747, Rome, Teatro Argentina, OCLC 658804005
• Arianna e Teseo. Libretto: Pietro Pariati , 1748, Rome, Teatro delle Dame. Venice, Teatro San Giovanno Crisostomo
• Andromeda liberata. 1750, Vienna
• Tito Manlio. Libretto: Gaetano Roccaforte (?), May 30, 1751, Naples; 1756, London, Italian Theater, OCLC 658804073
• Erifile. Libretto: Giovanni Battista Neri, 1752, Rome, OCLC 658803948
• Lucio Vero, o sia Il Vologeso , 1752, Teatro San Carlo in Naples
• Medo. Libretto: Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni. 1753, in the Regio Teatro in Turin

Oratorios

• La morte d'Abel . (Libretto: Pietro Metastasio, 1754, Palermo)

Church music

• Benedictus dominus deus Israel in G major for two sopranos, alto, tenor, bass, two oboes, two horns, two violins and bass. I Grazioso II Maestoso III Tempo giusto IV Andante
• Dixit dominus for 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 violin, violoncello choir & organ of the 110th Psalm. I. Dixit Dominus II. Virgam virtutis. III. Tecum. IV. Juravit Dominus. V. Do it sacerdos. VI. Dominus. VII. Judicabat. VIII. Implebit. IX. De torrente. X. Gloria. XI. Sicut erat. Edited by Thomas J. Martino. according to a source in the Biblioteca del Conservatorio di Musica San Pietro a Majella di Napoli. New York, Mannheim Editions, 2015 OCLC 917500511
• Kyrie. In: Caecilia, I, 6. No. 2. Berlin, T. Trautwein, 1820, OCLC 605919131
• Gloria. In: Caecilia, I, 6, p. 333. OCLC 257502081
• Litaniae della Beata Vergine in G minor for soprano, alto, 2 violins & basso continuo. Edited by Thomas J. Martino. Frankfurt, Garri Editions, 2008. Based on a source in the diocesan library, Münster, Santini Collection. OCLC 228414761
• Magnificat anima mea a 4 in B flat major, for two horns, two violins, viola, soprano, alto, tenor, bass and basso continuo
• Messa a due chori , Kyrie and Gloria
• Missa in G for 2 trumpets, 2 violins, cello, timpani, choir and organ continuo. Edited by Thomas J. Martino. According to a source in the Biblioteca del Conservatorio di Musica San Pietro a Majella di Napoli. New York, Mannheim Editions, 2015. OCLC 927292978
• Stabat mater . Edited by Joseph Vella Bondin. AR Editions, 2003, ISBN 978-0-89579-531-1

Arias and duets

• Ancor che scorge e vede for soprano, two violins, viola and bass
• Belle luci che accendet [ Beautiful Lights That Lit ] for soprano, two violins, viola and bass
• Chi a giorni suoi nemica for soprano, two violins, viola and bass
• Non pensar bell'idol mio for two sopranos, two violins, viola and bass
• Pensa ben mio chi sei pensa che fido io t'amo for soprano, two violins, viola and bass
• Tortorella innamorata for soprano, two violins, viola and bass
• Se m'accende, in D major for soprano, two oboes, two horns, two violins, viola and bass
• Si meste di luci for soprano violin and basso continuo
• Va 'fuggi infido ingrato for soprano, two oboes, two violins, viola and bass

Recordings

• Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel. Mailys de Villoutreys, soprano. Zoë Brown, soprano. Myriam Arbouz, alt. George Pooley, tenor. Mauro Borgioni, bass. Cologne Academy. Director: Michael Alexander Willens. In: A Maltese Christmas. CPO 2015. Cooperation with Deutschlandradio.
• Dixit dominus. Gillian Zammit, soprano. Claire Massa, mezzo-soprano. Joseph Aquilina, tenor. Anthony Montebello, bass. Jubal Mixed Voice Choir. Jubal Orchestra. Ltg .: Rev. John Galea OCLC 811644916
• Magnificat. Cologne Academy. Director: Michael Alexander Willens. In: A Maltese Christmas. CPO 2015. Cooperation with Deutschlandradio
• Messa a due chori. Mailys de Villoutreys, soprano. Zoë Brown, soprano. Myriam Arbouz, alt. George Pooley, tenor. Mauro Borgioni, bass. Cologne Academy. Director: Michael Alexander Willens. In: A Maltese Christmas. CPO 2015. Cooperation with Deutschlandradio

literature

• Frederick Aquilina: Benigno Zerafa (1726-1804) and the Neapolitan Galant Style. Boydell & Brewer, 2016, ISBN 978-1-78327-086-6 , p. 14
• Subscriptions, Girolamo. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 1:  Aaron – Albertucci. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1960.
• Wilibald Gurlitt, Carl Dahlhaus (editor): Riemann Musik-Lexikon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Subscriptions 1.) Girolamo. 12th completely revised edition. 1. Personal section A – KB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1959, p. 3 (first edition: 1882).

Web links

Commons : Girolamo Abos  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Dixit Dominus on internetculturale.it. Manuscript in the Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella - Napoli
• Quel fasto e quell'oltraggio on internetculturale.it. Manuscript of the Biblioteca statale del monumento nazionale, Montecassino
• Stabat mater in Gallica
• List of stage works by Girolamo Abos based on the MGG at Operone
• Search for operas by Girolamo Abos (search term in the Autore field : “Abos Girolamo”) in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna
• Sheet music and audio files from Girolamo subscriptions in the International Music Score Library Project
• François-Joseph Fétis: Curriculum Vitae in the Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie génèrale de la musique (1860)
• Subscriptions, A Maltese Christmas CD Review of A Maltese Christmas on musicweb-international.com by John France (English) with a short biography and a review of the works

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Abos, Girolamo. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 1:  Aaron – Albertucci. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1960.
2. ↑ ^{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 March 6, 2017]).
3. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 7, 2017 (Italian). 
4. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 7, 2017 (Italian). 
5. ^ Biblioteca di Archeologia e storia dell'arte - Catalogo della Sezione teatro - Abos, Girolamo - I cataloghi storici digitalizzati dell'ICCU. Retrieved March 6, 2017 (Italian). 
6. ^ Tito Manlio - Drame per Musica. In: Digital Collection. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - Digital Library, Munich Digitization Center, accessed on March 6, 2017 (title page of the book). 
7. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 7, 2017 (Italian). 
8. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 7, 2017 (Italian). 
9. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 6, 2017 (Italian). 
10. ↑ ^{a b c d} Girolamo ABOS (1715-1760) - A Maltese Christmas. MusicWeb International, December 2015, accessed March 6, 2017 . 
11. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 6, 2017 (Italian). 
12. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 6, 2017 (Italian). 
13. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 6, 2017 (Italian). 
14. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 6, 2017 (Italian). 
15. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 6, 2017 (Italian). 
16. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 6, 2017 (Italian). 
17. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 6, 2017 (Italian). 
18. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 6, 2017 (Italian). 
19. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 6, 2017 (Italian). 
20. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 6, 2017 (Italian).