Giuseppe Antonio Bernabei

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Giuseppe Antonio Bernabei , German  Joseph Anton Bernabei (* 1649 in Rome , † March 9, 1732 in Munich ) was an Italian organist , composer and court conductor in Munich.

Live and act

The son Ercole Bernabeis received his education from his father, from 1675 to 1677 he was organist at the oratory of the church of San Marcello in Rome. Shortly before starting the trip to Munich, he was ordained a priest. In Munich in 1677 he became vice conductor at the side of his father and in 1688 his successor as court conductor. Fifteen of his operas have largely survived. He also wrote church music in the traditional style and several secular cantatas . A collection of instrumental works Orpheus ecclesiasticus, Syphonias varias commentus (Augsburg, 1698), contains six three- and four-part sonatas each for strings and B. c.

Stage works

  • Alvilda in Abo (first performance February 10, 1678 in Munich)
  • Enea in Italia (first performance July 26, 1678 in Munich)
  • Ascanio in Alba (first performance February 19, 1686 in Munich)
  • La gloria festeggiante (first performance January 18, 1688 in Munich)
  • Diana amante (first performance February 26, 1688 in Munich)
  • Il Trionfo d'Imeneo (first performance November 22, 1688 in Munich)
  • Il segretto d'amore in petto del savio (first performance February 7, 1690 in Munich)

Sacred works

  • Mass in D
  • Mass in G
  • Fair "Veni creator spiritus"

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personal data
SURNAME Bernabei, Giuseppe Antonio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bernabei, Joseph Anton (deS)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian organist, composer and court conductor in Munich
DATE OF BIRTH 1649
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 1732
Place of death Munich