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Giuseppe Corsi da Celano

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Giuseppe da


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Composer

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Giuseppe Corsi Vangelisti (1631/32 in Celano – after 10 March 1691 in Ancona, or Modena?) better known as Celani, was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. He was mainly active at Rome, where he was Maestro di cappella. He was the teacher of Giacomo Antonio Perti and Petronio Franceschini.

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Biography

Student in Rome at the Jesuit fathers under the guidance of Giacomo Carissimi he was active as an outstanding Maestro in Gallese (Altemps family), Città di Castello (Cattedrale di S. Florido), Naples (Montalto family), Rome (Basilica di S. Maria Maggiore, Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano, Chiesa di S. Maria Maddalena, Chiesa Nuova), Loreto (Basilica della S. Casa: where he was ordained priest), Ancona (Cattedrale di S. Ciriaco) and Parma (Basilica di S. Maria della Steccata and Farnese family). Accused by the Inquisition for having "deflowered" a spinster, he was tortured and imprisoned in Rome for a few years on the orders of Pope Innocent XI in the Albornoz fortress of Narni.

Works

Works by Giuseppe Corsi da Celano (sigla TriC), cataloged by Giovanni Tribuzio in 2014, are 83:

  • TriC 1-3 (Masses);
  • TriC 4-12 (Parts of mass);
  • TriC 13 (Canticles);
  • TriC 14-20 (Psalms);
  • TriC 21-23 (Antiphons);
  • TriC 24 (Hymns);
  • TriC 25-26a-aj (Responsories);
  • TriC 27 (Litanies);
  • TriC 28-40 (Motets);
  • TriC 41-44 (Oratorios);
  • TriC 45-46 (Oratorio cantatas);
  • TriC 47-68 (Arias and cantatas for a voice and basso continuo);
  • TriC 69 (Cantatas for two voices and basso continuo);
  • TriC 70 (Cantatas for three voices and basso continuo);
  • TriC 71-83 (Attributed and spurious works).

    • Discography

  • Giuseppe Corsi da Celano: Mottetti - Cantate. Ensemble Labirinto Armonico, Christophe Carré (sopranist). Baryton, 2012.

    • References

    Giuseppe Corsi da Celano Wikipedia
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