Giuseppe Paolucci (composer)
Giuseppe Paolucci (born May 25, 1726 in Siena , † April 24, 1776 in Assisi ) was an Italian composer , conductor and organist of the musical baroque .
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Giuseppe Paolucci was the only son of Domenico di Giuseppe and Anna Maria di Stefano Lucatelli. From 1729 to 1741 he was registered with his father and his second wife Francesca Soldi as a member of the Sienese parish of San Pietro a Ovile . He was educated in the convent of the convent of San Francesco in Prato and in the convent of Santa Croce in Florence and was a member of the Franciscan order . From March 1750 he studied counterpoint at the Convent of San Francesco in Bologna with Padre Giambattista Martini and was then appointed Maestro di Capella (Kapellmeister) of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice in 1756 . He left Venice in August 1769 and in 1770 took over the work of conductor and organist at the church of San Martino in Senigallia attached to the monastery . From February 1772 until his death he was Kapellmeister at the Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi .
Paolucci conducted an extensive correspondence of around 150 letters (archived in the Museo della Musica, Bologna ) with Padre Martini on musical and other artistic subjects. The catalog of handwritten works by Paolucci includes more than 200 sacred compositions and instrumentals, which are now mainly kept in Bologna ( Museo della Musica ) and Assisi ( Archives of the Basilica and the Convent of San Francesco ). His famous treatise on counterpoint Arte pratica del contrappunto was published in 3 volumes and printed in Venice (1765 and 1772).
Works
- measure up
- Oratorios
- Vocal music
- Sonatas
- Instrumental music
Web links
Works
- Giuseppe Paolucci in the catalog of the German National Library
- Giuseppe Paolucci in the Catalogo Gaspari
- look for Giuseppe Paolucci in the RISM catalog
Recordings
- Giuseppe Paolucci at Allmusic
- Giuseppe Paolucci at CD Universe
- Audio samples of the sacred works at jpc
Individual evidence
- ↑ PAOLUCCI, Giuseppe in “Dizionario Biografico”. Retrieved October 29, 2018 (it-IT).
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| SURNAME | Paolucci, Giuseppe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian composer, conductor and organist of the musical baroque |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1726 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Siena |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 24, 1776 |
| Place of death | Assisi |