Renato Maranta

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Renato Maranta (born July 14, 1920 in Poschiavo , † October 18, 1954 in Chur ) was a Swiss composer and writer .

Career and impact

Renato Maranta was the son of the Poschiavo organist Riccardo Maranta , who had studied church music in Regensburg . Renato Maranta studied theology and music at the Conservatory in Zurich in Rome , Chur and Lugano . There he worked as a church musician and was organist in the parish Maria Lourdes in Zurich- Seebach and in the parish St. Martin in Zurich- Fluntern until 1943 . He then worked as an organist in the parish Herz Jesu in Zurich- Wiedikon .

His musical oeuvre includes church music, including a soldiers' mass , as well as folk chants for the Italian valleys of Graubünden, which were to become part of his Canzoniere del Grigione Italiano ("Collection of Italian songs from Bündens "). His musical and literary work was entirely dedicated to the spiritual defense of the country and his works were often broadcast by Radio Moteceneri and Radio Beromünster . His ecclesiastical and popular musical works are still valued and performed in the valleys of Graubünden to this day.

Works

Compositions

  • Domine non sum dignus. Zurich 1943.
  • Brevis, facilis Missa. Zurich 1944.
  • Missa per milite. Ed. Swiss choral works, Zurich 1945.
  • Ave Maria. no place, no year.
  • Missa «In nomine Jesu». Zurich, without a year.
  • O salutaris hostia. Zurich, without a year.
  • Tantum Ergo «eum jubilo» for gem. Choir. Zurich, without a year.
  • Nunc dimittis , manuscript, archive of the RTSI in Lugano.
  • Canzoniere del Grigione Italiano , manuscripts thereof in the Bellinzona State Archives.

Fonts

  • La poesia della culla nel Manzoni. In: Il San Bernardino. 1940, No. 40.
  • La "rotonda" di S. Vittore. In: Almanacco del Grigioni. 1943, p. 75.
  • Il genio elvetico: Hodler e Menn. In: Il Grigione Italiano. 1943, no.22.
  • 1944: un giubileo sanbernardiniano. In: Il Grigione Italiano. 1944, no.21.
  • Il canto popolare. In: Il Grigione Italiano. 1945, no.22.
  • Federer a San Bernardino. In: Almanacco del Grigioni. 1945, p. 143.
  • I «Vespri valtellinesi»? In: La Voce della Rezia. 1945, No. 14.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Massimo Lardi: Per il centenario della nascita di Renato Maranta (1920-1954). Genio musicale e letterario incompreso. In: Il Grigione Italiano. December 24, 2019, pp. 17-18; see. a partial version of it online
personal data
SURNAME Maranta, Renato
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss composer and writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Poschiavo
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 1954
Place of death Chur