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Name
  
Johann Sebastiani

Role
  
Composer

Died
  
1683, Konigsberg


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Johann Sebastiani (30 September 1622 – 1683) was a German baroque composer.

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Sebastiani was born in Weimar. He became Kantor at Königsberg cathedral in 1661, and court Kapellmeister from 1663 to 1679. He died in Königsberg. His works include sacred and occasional pieces and songs; the most famous is his St Matthew Passion (before 1663, performed again 1672). He is the first composer who introduce chorale into oratorio passion. Within the St Matthew Passion, Sebastiani includes eight different chorale melodies and introduces thirteen chorale verses. This work is a development from the style of Heinrich Schütz which includes recitatives and arias but avoids a dramatic operatic idiom, and marks an intermediate position between Schütz and Bach such as those of Johann Theile and Johann Valentin Meder. Two violins accompany Christ, who is a bass, Evangelist, who is a tenor, Judas, as an alto, and the other minor characters with higher pitched interjections. Four viols accompany Evangelist, Judas and the other characters. In 1672 Sebastiani got married and from that point until the end of his life he was concerned primarily with the publication of his works. In 1672, he published a collection entitled Erster Theil der Pamass-Blumen, oder Geist -und Weltlich Lieder.

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Recordings

  • Matthäus Passion 1672. Soprano Greta De Reyghere, countertenor Vincent Grégoire, tenors Stephan Van Dyck, Hervé Lamy, bass Max van Egmond, Ricercar Consort, dir. Philippe Pierlot. Ricercar Deutsche Barock Kantaten Vol. XI 1996
  • References

    Johann Sebastiani Wikipedia


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