Name Giovanni Giorgi Role Composer | ||
Similar People Pope Honorius II, Pope Celestine II, Pope Stephen VI, Pope Callixtus II, Pope Celestine III | ||
Giovanni giorgi motetto in vigilia nativitatis domini
Giovanni Giorgi (late 17th or early 18th century – June 1762) (Latin: Joannis de Georgiis) was a priest and an Italian composer. His style of polychoral church compositions are influenced by earlier Roman School composers such as Orazio Benevoli, but also incorporate later Roman Baroque features and (after about 1758) some elements of early Classical style.
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- Giovanni giorgi motetto in vigilia nativitatis domini
- Giovanni giorgi missa a due cori tutti piena i kyrie
- Life
- Works
- Recordings
- References
Giovanni giorgi missa a due cori tutti piena i kyrie
Life
Giorgi is reputed to have originated from Venice, but few details of his life are known. In 1719 he was appointed maestro di cappella at the papal Basilica of St. John Lateran, Rome, in succession to Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni. Many of Giorgi's early compositions were written during his time in Rome.
By January 1725 he was in Lisbon where he took up the post of court mestre de capela. He died in Lisbon in 1762.
Works
Many Portuguese records were lost in the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, but in Giorgi's case around 600 compositions have been preserved both in the Lateran archives in Rome and at Lisbon Cathedral. Most are vocal works and many are for liturgical use. Some—particularly the later works—incorporate concerted instrumental parts.
His extant works include:
Recordings
Includes Motets n.º 24-27 and 48-52