Ignacio de Jerusalem y Stella

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Ignacio de Jerusalem y Stella (Ignazio Gerusalemme) (* around 1710 in Lecce , Italy , † 1769 in Mexico City ) was a composer and violin virtuoso .

Life

Ignazio Gerusalemme was born the son of a conductor. His father trained him musically at a young age. In 1732 he left his homeland and settled in Cádiz as a violinist . In 1742 he embarked for New Spain . First he was violinist and composer at the theater "Antiguo Coliseo" in Mexico City, since 1746 composer and choirmaster at the local cathedral . In 1749 he became conductor of the cathedral's instrumental ensemble after winning the competition for this position, the "Examen de oposición".

Afterlife

The compositions for violin by Ignacio de Jerusalem and especially his vocal compositions spread across the continent. They were preserved in a few manuscripts with counterfactures by the Guatemalan composer Manuel Joseph de Quiroz , who processed his secular cantatas into sacred music with Spanish texts.

literature

  • Sherrill Bigelow Lee Blodget: From Manuscript to Performance: A Critical Edition of Ignacio de Jerusalem's "Los Maitines de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción" (1768) . Diss., University of Arizona, Tucson 2008.
  • Evguenia Roubina: El responsorio "Omnes moriemini ..." de Ignacio Jerusalem. La primera obra novohispana con obligado de violonchelo y su entorno histórico . Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México / Escuela Nacional de Música, Mexico City 2004, ISBN 970-32-1737-0 .
  • Craig H. Russell: The Mexican cathedral music of Ignacio de Jerúsalem. Lost treasures, royal roads, and new worlds . In: Revista de musicología , Vol. 16 (1993), No. 1, pp. 99-133.
  • Ana Treviño-Godfrey: Sacred Vocal Music by Ignacio Jerusalem Found in the Archives of the National Cathedral in Mexico City . Diss., Rice University, Houston 2009.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Ana Treviño-Godfrey: Sacred Vocal Music by Ignacio Jerusalem Found in the Archives of the National Cathedral in Mexico City . Houston 2009, p. 10.
  2. ↑ Sherrill Bigelow Lee Blodget: From Manuscript to Performance: A Critical Edition of Ignacio de Jerusalem's "Los Maitines de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción" (1768) . Tucson 2008, p. 15.
  3. ^ Ana Treviño-Godfrey: Sacred Vocal Music by Ignacio Jerusalem Found in the Archives of the National Cathedral in Mexico City . Houston 2009, p. 11.
  4. ^ Ana Treviño-Godfrey: Sacred Vocal Music by Ignacio Jerusalem Found in the Archives of the National Cathedral in Mexico City . Houston 2009, p. 14.
personal data
SURNAME Jerusalem y Stella, Ignacio de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer and violin virtuoso
DATE OF BIRTH around 1710
PLACE OF BIRTH Lecce , Italy
DATE OF DEATH 1769
Place of death Mexico city