Giuseppe Baini
Giuseppe Giacobbe Baldassi Baini (born October 21, 1775 in Rome ; † May 21, 1844 ibid) was an Italian music historian and church composer.
Life
Baini received his first musical lessons from his uncle Lorenzo Baini (1740-1814) and through his intercession he came to the Seminario Romano . Gregorian chant was the most important part of his training, along with a few other things . Since Baini after breaking voice his "beautiful voice maintained," he was a 1795 alumnus in the choir of St. Peter's Basilica added.
From 1802 his teacher in counterpoint was Giuseppe Jannaconi (1741-1816). Baini's reputation soon spread, so that he was appointed papal concert conductor as early as 1804 and in 1810 received an invitation from Napoléon Bonaparte to join the imperial chapel in Paris. Baini refused this, as well as the later appointment as general director of church music throughout the French Empire, and stayed in Rome. There he was appointed the first Kapellmeister of the papal band in 1814 and held this office until his death. One of his students was Otto Nicolai .
In 1837 the musical section of the Prussian Academy of the Arts elected him a member.
reception
Baini's main work is his Memorie storico-critiche on Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina , the first comprehensive account of the life and work of Palestrina. Baini attached great importance to involving his predecessors and contemporaries.
The most important publication as a composer is Bainis Miserere , which does not extend beyond Palestrina's shadow. This work has been performed regularly in the liturgy of Holy Week in the Sistine Chapel since 1821, alongside the same works by Gregorio Allegri and Tommaso Bai (* around 1650; † 1714). The composers Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Otto Nicolai rated Bainis Miserere as the weakest of the three pieces.
Works
- Carl von Winterfeld (ed.): Memorie storico-critiche della vita e delle opere di Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina . Leuckart, Leipzig 1871
- Miserere
- Psalms
- measure up
- Hymns
- Motets
- Church concerts (4–12 voices)
literature
- Raoul Meloncelli: BAINI, Giuseppe Giacobbe Baldassi. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 5: Bacca-Baratta. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1963.
- Ferdinand Hiller : From the clay life of our time. Occasional . Leuckart, Leipzig 1871.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baini, Giuseppe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baini, Giuseppe Giacobbe Baldassi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian music historian and church composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1775 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 1844 |
| Place of death | Rome |