Luigi Battiferri
Luigi Battiferri (* before 1610 in Sassocorvaro near Urbino , † after 1682 ) was an Italian composer and organist of the Baroque.
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Luigi Battiferri was a priest and probably a student of Girolamo Frescobaldi . From 1650 to 1653 was Kapellmeister at the Cathedral of Spoleto . In the same year he followed Biagio Marini as Kapellmeister of the "Accademia della Morte" in Ferrara. From 1658 he held the office of cathedral music director in Urbino , later as music director of the "Accademia della Morte" in Ferrara . In 1665 he was Kapellmeister at the Cathedral of Pesaro , a jar later in Urbino, where his main residence was. In 1669 he was conductor of the "Accademia dello Spirito Santo" in Ferrara. In 1682 Battiferri entered into a notarial deed to build a chapel in the church of his birthplace Sassocorvaro at his own expense.
His five collections of works in print were published by the publisher Giacomo Monti in Bologna around 1669 . They contain motets and polyphonic ricercari . Several copies of Battiferri's works can be found in the estates of Johann Joseph Fux and Jan Dismas Zelenka .
literature
- Paolo Veronese: Battiferri, Luigi. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 7: Bartolucci – Bellotto. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1965.
- Adriano Cavicchi: Battiferri, Luigi. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Quo vadis, musica antiqua? In: oe1.orf.at. Retrieved December 2, 2017 .
- ↑ MGG Vol. 2 Col. 486-487
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Battiferri, Luigi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian organist and composer of the Baroque era |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1610 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sassocorvaro at Urbino |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1682 |