Giuseppe Corsi da Celano
Giuseppe Corsi Vangelisti ( called Celani * 1631 or 1632 in Celano ; † after March 10, 1691 in Ancona or Modena ) was an Italian composer of church music .
life and work
Giuseppe Corsi attended a Jesuit school in Rome in his youth . He took composition lessons from Giacomo Carissimi, among others . Corsi worked as Kapellmeister in several cities such as Gallese , Città di Castello , Naples , Rome , Loreto , Ancona and Parma . After his ordination, he worked from 1659 to 1661 as Kapellmeister in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore , then until 1665 in San Giovanni in Laterano and in other churches. His students include Giacomo Antonio Perti and Petronio Franceschini .
Under Pope Innocent XI. Giuseppe Corsi was tried and convicted by the Inquisition. He was initially tortured on charges of defloration and later imprisoned for two years in Rocca Albornoz Castle in Narni .
On June 20, 1681 he became Kapellmeister at the court of the Duke of Parma, in 1688 he left this post because of a salary increase that was not granted. In 1691 he composed a motet in the style of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina on behalf of Prince Ferdinand de Medici .
Works
Only vocal works by Corsi have survived. A catalog of his compositions was created by Giovanni Tribuzio; it comprises 83 works, which are identified with the abbreviation TriC and the following work number.
literature
- Galliano Ciliberti, Giovanni Tribuzio: "E nostra guida sia la Stravaganza". Giuseppe Corsi da Celano musicista del Seicento , Bari, Florestano Edizioni, 2014, pp. 290.
- Davide Gualtieri: Giuseppe Corsi detto ´Il Celani´. La Stravaganza. Cantata per soprano e basso continuo. LIM, Lucca 2012, ISBN 9788870966916 .
- Raoul Meloncelli: Entry in the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 29 (1983)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ciliberti, Tribuzio 2014: according to other sources, born in May 1630 (Paolo Natali and Ralf Krause: The Music in Past and Present, Part 4, Kassel 2000, columns 1666 to 1668)
- ↑ G. Ciliberti and G. Tribuzio, "Un buon virtuoso, agitato dalla fortuna, dalla quale Sorti vari accidenti". Giuseppe Corsi: un maestro marsicano nel Seicento europeo, pages. 3-58, in Galliano Ciliberti, Giovanni Tribuzio (edited by): "E nostra guida sia la Stravaganza". Giuseppe Corsi da Celano musicista del Seicento. Florestano Edizioni, Bari 2014.
- ↑ Robert Eitner: Biographisch Bibliographisches Quellenlexikon the musicians and music scholars of the Christian era up to the middle of the nineteenth century . tape 3 . Breitkopf and Haertel, Leipzig 1900, p. 68 .
- ↑ Simi Bonini 2012 - Ciliberti-Tribuzio 2014
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Giuseppe Corsi da Celano in the International Music Score Library Project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Corsi da Celano, Giuseppe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Corsi, Giuseppe; Corsi Vangelisti, Giuseppe; Celani |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian church musician and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1631 or 1632 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Celano |
| DATE OF DEATH | after March 10, 1691 |
| Place of death | Ancona or Modena |