Giuseppe Zamponi

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Giuseppe Zamponi (* between 1600 and 1610 in Rome , † in February 1662 in Brussels ; also Gioseffo Zampone ) was an Italian organist and composer .

Life

Giuseppe Zamponi was from 1629 to 1638 organist at the Church of San Giacomo e Ildefonso degli Spagnuoli in Rome, as successor to Paolo Tarditi (around 1580–1661). From 1638 he was employed by Cardinal Pier Maria Borghese (1599–1642).

At the beginning of 1646 he came to Brussels, to the court of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm , governor of the Habsburg Netherlands , where from 1648 he was director of chamber music. In 1661 Zamponi was mentioned in a document as Kapellmeister of the Elector of Cologne.

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Opera

Zamponi was best known for his musical drama Ulisse all'isola di Circe , which was performed at the Brussels court on February 24, 1650 at the wedding celebrations of King Philip IV of Spain with Maria Anna of Austria and was successfully performed again two days later . It was the first opera performance in the Habsburg Netherlands. The Swedish Queen Christina had Zamponi's work performed twice in 1654 while passing through Brussels. The work follows the Venetian style and consists of a prologue and three acts. Having fallen into oblivion, the work was rediscovered in 2002 and lost instrumental parts have since been reconstructed. In February 2012 the modern world premiere and first recording of the work took place in Liège. Performers were the "Ensemble Clématis" and the Namür Chamber Choir under the direction of Leonardo García-Alarcón .

Works (selection)

  • Dies Irae for 5 voices and 3 instruments (handed down as manuscript in the Düben collection of the Uppsala University Library)
  • A sacred aria in the Raccolta d'arie spirituale collection by Vincenzo Bianchi (1640)
  • Sonata per violino, viola da gamba e basso continuo
  • Sonata per violino, viola e basso continuo
  • Sonata per 2 violini e basso continuo
  • Capriccios (handed down in the Codex Rost of the Bibliothèque nationale de France )
  • 2 arias
  • 2 fairs (lost)

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SURNAME Zamponi, Giuseppe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zampone, Gioseffo; Zampone, Giosefo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian organist and composer of the Baroque era
DATE OF BIRTH between 1600 and 1610
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH February 1662
Place of death Brussels