Stefano Felis

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Stefano Felis , also known as Stefano de Maza Gatto , (baptized January 20, 1538 in Bari ; † September 25, 1603 there ) was an Italian composer of the Renaissance.

life and work

Felis became Kapellmeister and Canon at the Cathedral of Bari . He went to Prague and met Philippe de Monte there. He eventually took the position of Kapellmeister at the Cathedral of Naples . In 1596 Felis returned to his native Bari.

Felis wrote masses, motets, madrigals as well as villanelles, ricerari and fantasies.

Licensing

Giulia Bondolfi: Felis, Stefano. In: Fiorella Bartoccini (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 46: Feducci-Ferrerio. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1996.
Daniele V. Filippi: Felis, Stefano. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 6 (Eames - Franco). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2001, ISBN 3-7618-1116-0 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
Wilibald Gurlitt , Carl Dahlhaus (ed.): Riemann Music Lexicon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Felis, Stefano. 12th completely revised edition. 1. Personal section A – KB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1959, p. 497 (first edition: 1882).
Wilibald Gurlitt, Carl Dahlhaus (ed.): Riemann Music Lexicon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Felis, Stefano. 12th completely revised edition. 4. Personal section A – KB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1972, p. 348 (first edition: 1882).

Web links

Commons : Stefano Felis - collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Stefano Felis in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Patricia Ann Myers: Felis, Stefano. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).

Individual evidence

↑ Dinko Fabris, La musica a Bari: dalle cantorie medievali al Conservatorio Piccinni, Bari, Levante, 1993, pp. 46–47: “Veniamo così a Stefano Felis, il cui vero nome era Stefano de Maza Gatto (latinizzando un soprannome non proprio dignitoso, che tuttavia si incontra in diversi documenti baresi del tempo), se possiamo credere all'atto di battesimo, in data 20 gennaio 1538. » ["Felis" is the Latin form of his surname "Gatto", in English "cat".]
^ Giulia Bondolfi. 1996. Felis, Stefano.
↑ The dates of life in the narrower sense are given according to: Dinko Fabris, 1993 and Giulia Bondolfi, 1996 as does the English and French Wikipedia. Riemann 12th edition still gives the date of birth as "around 1550" and the date of death as "after 1603".
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Riemann Music Lexicon. 1959. Stefano Felis.
↑ ^a ^b Riemann Music Lexicon. 1972. Stefano Felix.

personal data
SURNAME	Felis, Stefano
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Maza Gatto, Stefano de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian composer
DATE OF BIRTH	baptized January 20, 1538
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bari
DATE OF DEATH	September 25, 1603
Place of death	Bari

[1] Dinko Fabris, La musica a Bari: dalle cantorie medievali al Conservatorio Piccinni, Bari, Levante, 1993, pp. 46–47: “Veniamo così a Stefano Felis, il cui vero nome era Stefano de Maza Gatto (latinizzando un soprannome non proprio dignitoso, che tuttavia si incontra in diversi documenti baresi del tempo), se possiamo credere all'atto di battesimo, in data 20 gennaio 1538. » ["Felis" is the Latin form of his surname "Gatto", in English "cat".]

[2] Giulia Bondolfi. 1996. Felis, Stefano.

[3] The dates of life in the narrower sense are given according to: Dinko Fabris, 1993 and Giulia Bondolfi, 1996 as does the English and French Wikipedia. Riemann 12th edition still gives the date of birth as "around 1550" and the date of death as "after 1603".

[:0-4] Riemann Music Lexicon. 1959. Stefano Felis.

[:1-5] Riemann Music Lexicon. 1972. Stefano Felix.