Nicola Acerbo

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Nicola Acerbo (* before 1670, † after 1690) was an Italian composer and music teacher . From 1685 to 1687 he headed the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto in Naples .

Life

Nicola Acerbo received his musical training at the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto. He later taught there himself and in 1684 became Vicemaestro alongside Gaetano Veneziano . On September 2, 1685 , Acerbo was elected sole maestro of the Conservatory and succeeded Gaetano Veneziano as head. In addition to teaching monthly motets, he was contractually obliged to compose a mass for four voices and instruments every 4 months and a Missa a due chori once a year. On certain occasions, additional occasional compositions were added. In 1687, due to his professional obligations and the problems caused by the increasing number of students, he resigned from the sole office. He was succeeded on September 14, 1687 by Cataldo Amodei (1649–1695). At first both were still referred to as maestro di capella, but soon Acerbo became Vicemaestro again. In 1689 Amodei also resigned from office. During the tenure of Amodei's successor, Alessandro Scarlatti , who was music director of the institute for only two months in 1689, Acerbo was still Vicemaestro. As a result of various discrepancies, Acerbo was placed under Scarlatti's successor Pietro Bartilotti as an assistant in August 1690. Acerbo was even given the prospect of resignation if it did not submit. On May 6, 1691, Acerbo gave singing lessons at the conservatory.

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ A b c d Michael F. Robinson: The Governors' Minutes of the Conservatory S. Maria Di Loreto, Naples . In: Royal Musical Association (ed.): RMA Research Chronicle . No. 10 . Taylor & Francis, Ltd., Abingdon 1972, JSTOR : 25093691 (English).
  3. ^ A b Dinko Fabris: Music in Seventeenth-Century Naples: Francesco Provenzale (1624-704) . Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon / New York 2017, ISBN 978-1-351-55734-4 , pp. 82 (English, google.de [accessed June 27, 2020]).
  4. ↑ Frederick Aquilina: Benigno Zerafa (1726-1804) and the Neapolitan Galant Style . Boydell & Brewer, Woodbridge 2016, ISBN 978-1-78327-086-6 , pp. 88 (English, google.de [accessed June 27, 2020]).
  5. ^ Giuseppe Collisani: Amodei, Amodeo, Cataldo. In: MGG Online. 2016, accessed June 27, 2020 .
  6. ^ Giorgio Sanguinetti: The Art of Partimento: History, Theory, and Practice . Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford / New York 2012, ISBN 978-0-19-539420-7 , pp. 34 (English, google.de [accessed June 27, 2020]).
  7. ↑ Santa Maria di Loreto. In: domenicoscarlatti.it. Associazione Domenico Scarlatti, accessed June 27, 2020 (Italian).
personal data
SURNAME Acerbo, Nicola
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH before 1670
DATE OF DEATH after 1690