Placido Abela

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Placido Abela (bourgeois Joseph-Hilarion Abela ; * 1814 in Naples ; † July 6, 1876 in Montecassino ) was an Italian organist , composer of church music and prior of the Benedictine monastery of Montecassino .

Life

Placido Abela's father was the freedom fighter Gaetano Abela . He came from a noble, Sicilian family who originally lived in Spain. Gaetano's wife was from Naples and died giving birth to their son, Joseph Hilarion. His in-laws took care of the child after he returned to Sicily. Joseph Hilarion showed great musical talent. He received music lessons at the Real Collegio di Musica in the convent of San Sebastiano. In 1826 the college moved into its current seat in the former convent of San Pietro a Maiella and was renamed the Reale Conservatorio di Musica di San Pietro a Majella . Here Pietro Casella taught him. After the death of his father, the King of Naples sent him to the Collegio de Maddaloni at the age of thirteen . Here he continued to receive music and piano lessons.

At the age of 16 he received royal permission to join the Benedictines in Montecassino. He was given the first name Placido, with which he became known. In 1835 he took his religious vows. He became organist at the church of Montecassino and learned composition in self-study. In 1851 the music and composition teacher Giovanni Battista de Vecchis stayed in Montecassino to teach music to seminarians and students. Abela also received lessons in composition and counterpoint from him. After de Vecchis' departure, Abela continued his self-study with the help of books. He received further composition lessons from Filippo Hercolani, a student of Niccolò Zingarelli , who had settled in San Germano, today's Cassino (Latium) . In the meantime Placido had become prior of the monastery.

Works (selection)

Many works by Placido Abela can be found in the Biblioteca statale del monumento nazionale - Montecassino and on interculturale.it. Many are digitized and listed under web links.

Works with opus number

  • op. 7, Litanie della Beata Vergine Maria , for unison choir and organ
  • op. 8, Litanie della Beata Vergine Maria, for two-part male choir and organ
  • op. 9, Sancta Maria, for three-part male choir and organ
  • Op. 9, Intonazioni festive dei salmi in tutti i modi e con le relative desinenze: canto fermo gregoriano: [Festive psalm intonations in all modes and finals; Gregorian cantus firmus] reduced and provided with harmonies for the organ by Placido Abela
  • op. 10, Sancta Maria, for two alto voices and bass
  • op. 10 Antifones da cantarsi dopo l'ora di Compieta secondo i tempi: canto fermo gregoriano [Antiphones that are sung according to the time in Compline ; Gregorian cantus firmus] reduced and harmonized for organ by Father Don Placido Abela
  • Op. 11, Popule meus: canto fermo gregoriano; for Good Friday; Litany from the monastery of Montecassino, Gregorian cantus firmus; reduced and harmonized for the organ by Placido Abela
  • op. 12, Cantico della Beata Vergine: magnificat: canto fermo gregoriano [Canticle of the Virgin Mary: Magnificat; Gregorian Cantus firmus] reduced from the Cantus firmus for 3 voices and organ by Placido Abela
  • op. 13, Mottetto sacro da cantarsi in tutt'i tempi all'offertorio nella messa solenne [1]
  • op. 14, Offertorio per la messa solenne: da eseguirsi sull'organo moderno instrumentato
  • op. 16, Sequenze di canto fermo o gregoriano, trascritte con ritmo ed armonia per organo ... da Placido Abela [sequences, each of the cantus firmus or the Gregorian chant melody, transcribed with rhythm and harmonies for the organ by Placido Abela] contains: Stabat mater
  • op. 17 , sequence di Pasqua / ridotta ed armonizzata dal padre Don Placido Abela [ Easter sequence , reduced and harmonized by Father Don Placido Abela;
  • Victimae paschali for unison choir and organ
  • op. 19 , sequence per la solennita del Corpus Domini / ridotta ed armonizzata dal padre Don Placido Abela [sequence on Corpus Christi reduced and harmonized by Father Don Placido Abela] for unison choir and organ (in the source the sequence is titled Veni sancte spiritus , actually the Whitsun sequence?)
  • op. 20sequence dei defunti / ridotta ed armonizzata dal padre Don Placido Abela [Sequence for the deceased, reduced and harmonized by Father Don Placido Abela] Dies irae for unison choir and organ

Works without an opus number

  • Ave Maria alla Palestrina a 4 voci
  • Christ e Miserere alla Palestrina
  • Te deum a 4 voce con coro ed organo , 1864 [Te deum for 4 vocal soloists with choir and organ]
  • Vespero corale a tre voci con quartetto [Choral Vespers for three voices and string quartet]

reception

Hugo Riemann writes in his music lexicon: “Dom Placido was a capable organ player and church composer”.

literature

  • Dom Placido Abela. In: Hugo Rieman: Musik-Lexikon: Theory and history of music, the sound artists of old and modern times with details of their works, along with a complete knowledge of the instruments. 1st edition; Publishing house of the biographical institute, Leipzig 1882.
  • Abela, Placido. In: Giovanni Masutto : I maestri di musica italiani del secolo xix: notizie biografiche. Cecchini, Venice 1884.
  • Abela Don Placido. In: Carlo Schmidl: Dizionario universale dei musicisti. Ricordi, Milan 1887–1890.
  • L.-F. Casamorata: Abela, (Cathedral) Placido. In: François-Joseph Fétis : Biography universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique. Supplément et complément.
  • Leander Jan de Bekker: Stokes' encyclopedia of music and musicians. Frederick A. Stokes, New York 1908.

Web links

Digitized music

Manuscripts in the Biblioteca statale del monumento nazionale - Montecassino ; on internetculturale.it

Instrumental music
Church music
Songs and arias

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g L.-F. Casamorata: Abela (Don Placido) . In: Francois-Joseph Fetis (ed.): Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique. Supplément et complément . Firmin-Didot, Paris 1880.
  2. ^ A b c Schmidl, Carlo: Dizionario universale dei musicisti, compilato da Carlo Schmidl . January 1, 1887 ( rochester.edu [accessed March 14, 2017]).
  3. ↑ a b c d Giovanni Masutto: I maestri di musica italiani del secolo xix: notizie biografiche . G. Cecchini, January 1, 1834 ( google.de [accessed March 13, 2017]).
  4. ^ A b Catalogo della Biblioteca del Liceo Musicale di Bologna - Volume II. Gaetano Gaspari. Retrieved March 11, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Scheda di dettaglio. Retrieved March 11, 2017 (Italian).
  6. ↑ Multimedia viewer. Retrieved March 11, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Scheda di dettaglio. Retrieved March 11, 2017 (Italian).
  8. ↑ Scheda di dettaglio. Retrieved March 11, 2017 (Italian).
  9. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 11, 2017 (Italian).
  10. ↑ Scheda di dettaglio. Retrieved March 11, 2017 (Italian).
  11. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 11, 2017 (Italian).
  12. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 11, 2017 (Italian).
  13. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 11, 2017 (Italian).
  14. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 11, 2017 (Italian).
  15. ^ OPAC Sebina OpenLibrary. Retrieved March 11, 2017 (Italian).
  16. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 11, 2017 (Italian).
  17. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 11, 2017 (Italian).
  18. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 11, 2017 (Italian).
  19. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 11, 2017 (Italian).
  20. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 11, 2017 (Italian).
  21. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 11, 2017 (Italian).
  22. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 11, 2017 (Italian).
  23. ↑ ICCU: Scheda dettagliata. Retrieved March 12, 2017 (Italian).
  24. ↑ a b Hugo Riemann: Dom Placido Abela . In: Musik-Lexikon: Theory and history of music, the sound artists of old and modern times with details of their works, along with a complete knowledge of instruments . 1st edition. Publishing house of the biographical institute, Leipzig 1882.
  25. ↑ Stokes' encyclopedia of music and musicians, covering the entire period of musical history from the earliest times to the season of 1908-09. Retrieved March 14, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Abela, Placido
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abela, Joseph-Hilarion (baptismal name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian organist and composer of church music
DATE OF BIRTH 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Naples
DATE OF DEATH July 6, 1876
Place of death Montecassino