Pedro de Araújo

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Pedro de Araújo (* around 1640, † around 1705) was a Portuguese organist and composer of the Baroque. He worked in the Archdiocese of Braga in northern Portugal.

Life

The exact dates of life are uncertain. The sources name “1610? –1684?” Or a period of activity between 1640 and 1684 or between 1662 and 1704/1705.

Araújo worked between 1663 and 1668 as a music teacher with the title "mestre de canto" at the seminary of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Braga and until 1665 as the second cathedral organist at the Cathedral of Braga . In 1665 he took over a benefice in Joane , where he worked until at least 1704.

The British musicologist Macário Santiago Kastner states that the Renaissance art of António Carreira had a lasting impact on Pedro de Araújo. Kastner continued in 1947: "Organists like Cabanilles , Elias, Pedro de Araújo and their contemporaries were the highest pinnacle of the organ style in the Spanish tradition."

Thirteen organ works are certain to be attributed to Araújo and a further six owing to stylistic features. His works contain Aragonese, Italian and Portuguese elements. The best known, and still available in numerous copies at the end of the 17th century, is his musical battle painting for organ Batalha de 6 tom .

Sheet music editions

  • Selected works (= Organa hispanica. H. 9). Willi Müller, Heidelberg 1984. Contains works for organ: Consonâncias de 1. tom. Obra de 1st tom sobre a Salve regina. Obra de 2nd tom. Meio registo de 2nd tom de dois tiples. Phantasia de 4th tom. Obra de 6th tom. Obra de 6th tom. Batalha de 6th tom. Obra de passo solto de 7th tom. Obra de 8th tom.

Discography

  • Joaquim Simões da Hora (organ): Batalhas & Meios Registos: música ibérica para órgão do séc. XVII. Movieplay, 1994, 3-11036, CD [track 1]
  • Joaquim Simões da Hora (organ): In memoriam. Portuguese, 2002, 2002-2, CD [track 4]
  • Scott Ross (organ): Battle of the Sixth Tone, for organ. INA memoire vive, 2012

Web links

literature

  • Manuel Valença: A arte organística em Portugal, 1326–1750. Editorial Franciscana, Braga 1990/95, 2 volumes, p. 191 and more.
  • João Pedro d'Alvarenga: Batalha de 6.º tom on e-cultura.sapo.pt , Centro Nacional de Cultura (English, Portuguese).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chronology of facts around the Portuguese Schnitger Organs , year 1662 . Retrieved April 26, 2014.
  2. ↑ a b Gerhard Doderer:  Araújo [Arauxo, Arraujo], Pedro de. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
  3. ^ Carreira (family). In: The music in the past and present (MGG). Volume 15, p. 1335.Bärenreiter 1986.
  4. ↑ Macário Santiago Kastner : Carlos de Seixas. Coimbra Editora, Coimbra 1947. (Free translation from: "Organistas como Cabanilles, Elias, Pedro de Araújo e os seus contemporâneos são os últimos fanais do concentrado estilo organístico da tradição hispânica.")
  5. ↑ João Pedro d'Alvarenga: Batalha de 6.º tom ( Memento from April 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on e-cultura.pt , Centro Nacional de Cultura (English, Portuguese). Retrieved April 26, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Araújo, Pedro de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese organist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1640
DATE OF DEATH around 1705