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Carissimi, Giacomo
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Biography, links to related composers and topics, and mention of the lack of autograph manuscripts. From the Here of a Sunday Morning radio program.
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HOASM: Giacomo Carissimi He is recorded as a singer at Tivoli in 1623; two years later he was organist there. His first appointment as maestro di cappella came in 1628, at the S. Rufino Cathedral in Assisi. The following year he was callcd...Brief biography, major works, and links to other Baroque composers.
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Baroque Music Composers Homme arme was last of its kind. In 1656 was appointed choirmaster to Queen Christina of Sweden when she established her court in Rome after her abdication. Back to Info Home...CD review including details of his life and compositional career from the Classical Reviews of August 2001 on MusicWeb.
http://www.musicweb.uk.net/classrev/2001/Sept01/Carissimi.htm
Music files offered in MIDI format.
http://www.classicalarchives.com/main-c.html#CARISSIMI
Musical biography summarizes his major sacred and secular works and laments the loss of his autographs upon the dissolution of the Jesuit order. Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa.../learning/grove.html?record=1598
Brief biographical sketch, caricature, comments on church music, and Naxos discography.
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Composer Carissimi occupies an important position in Italian music of the 17th century. Ordained priest, he spent the greater part of his life as director of music at the German College in Rome, an important Jesuit educational establishment. Church Music Carissimi's...Early music ensemble of vocalists and musicians named for the composer and originally dedicated to researching and recording his music. Includes comments about the composer and his works, discography, and photographs.
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We primarily consist of five male vocal specialists (2 tenors, 1 counter-tenor, baritone and bass) accompanied by original instruments (figured bass or basso continuo) which range from theorbo, arci-lute, harpsi- chord, organ, several viola da gambas and dulciana (predecessor of...Short biographical essay, partial discography and works list, and CD purchasing from iclassics.com.
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Caccini was among the most influential and prolific Italian composers of his time, although many of Carissimi's works have been lost. Some important manuscripts are in collections at the Biliotheque National de France, the library of Christ church College, Oxford,...Karadar dictionary entry with brief life, illustrations, and comments on works.
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- Classical Music Dictionary Free MP3 An ordained priest and important composer of 17th century Italian music.In 1630 Carissimi was appointed maestro di cappella at the St. Apollinare church of the Collegio Germanico-Ungarico in Rome, an important Jesuit educational establishment. Giacomo Carissimi Works Carissimi's many compositions...