Virgilio Mazzocchi
Virgilio Mazzocchi (born July 22, 1597 in Civita Castellana ; † October 3, 1646 ibid) was an Italian conductor and composer .
life and work
Virgilio Mazzocchi received lessons from his brother Domenico Mazzocchi , who was also a composer. After his training he was appointed Kapellmeister at the Church of Il Gesù in Rome in 1624 . In the same position he worked at San Giovanni in Laterano in 1628/1629 and then at the Cappella Giulia in St. Peter's Basilica until his death . He also worked at the Collegium Romanum and the Collegio Inglese .
Mazzocchi is considered to be one of the first masters of polychoralism. He achieved great effects by distributing several choirs in St. Peter's Basilica. In contrast to the older Venetian multiple choirs at St. Mark's Basilica, the style is less antiphonal and polyphonic , but rather achieves its sound effect in the room through a broader homophonic movement.
Only a five-choir Magnificat and two to four-part works such as the Sacri Flores and Vesper Psalms have survived . Mazzocchi also wrote numerous oratorios and cantatas as well as several operas.
Among his students was Giovanni Andrea Bontempi .
literature
- Saverio Franchi: Mazzocchi, Virgilio. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 72: Massimino-Mechetti. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2009.
- Bernhard Schrammek : Between Church and Carnival. Biography, social environment and work of the Roman conductor Virgilio Mazzocchi (1597–1646). Bärenreiter, Kassel [u. a.] 2001, ISBN 3-7618-1358-9 . Dissertation at the same time, University of Berlin, 2000 ( limited preview in Google book search).
Web links
- Works by and about Virgilio Mazzocchi in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Virgilio Mazzocchi in the International Music Score Library Project
- Sheet music in the public domain by Virgilio Mazzocchi in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ WDR 3: Romanesque late summer ... , online ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; last viewed on March 2, 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mazzocchi, Virgilio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian conductor and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1597 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Civita Castellana |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 3, 1646 |
| Place of death | Civita Castellana |