Cataldo Amodei
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Cataldo Amodei was a Sicilian
Baroque musician. He was born in Sciacca
and in 1685 was ordained as a priest; in the same year he became maestro di cappella at the church of San Paolo Maggiore
, Naples
. His compositions are religious in function and include oratorio
s, motet
s and cantata
s.
Sicily
Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
Baroque musician. He was born in Sciacca
Sciacca
Sciacca , also Schiacca, is a town and comune in the province of Agrigento on the southwestern coast of Sicily...
and in 1685 was ordained as a priest; in the same year he became maestro di cappella at the church of San Paolo Maggiore
San Paolo Maggiore
San Paolo Maggiore is a basilica church in Naples, southern Italy, and the burial place of Gaetano Thiene, known as Saint Cajetan, founder of the Order of Clerics Regular .-History:...
, Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
. His compositions are religious in function and include oratorio
Oratorio
An oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. Like an opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias...
s, motet
Motet
In classical music, motet is a word that is applied to a number of highly varied choral musical compositions.-Etymology:The name comes either from the Latin movere, or a Latinized version of Old French mot, "word" or "verbal utterance." The Medieval Latin for "motet" is motectum, and the Italian...
s and cantata
Cantata
A cantata is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir....
s.
Editions
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, Pietro VinciPietro VinciPietro Vinci was an Italian composer of late Renaissance music.Vinci was probably born in Nicosia, Sicily. He was active in Bergamo and then in various Sicilian cities as Maestro di cappella. He published several books of madrigals and church music from 1561 to 1584.-External links:...
, Antonio Il VersoAntonio il VersoAntonio Il Verso was an Italian composer.Il Verso was born at Piazza Armerina, and began his musical studies under the guidance of Pietro Vinci. He was active in Venice in the last years of the sixteenth century is given in Venice, then the seat of the Venetian school, where he refined his studies...
, Antonio Formica, Tommaso Giglio, Anselmo Fazio, Giovan Pietro Flaccomio, Erasmo MarottaErasmo MarottaErasmo Marotta was a Jesuit Sicilian composer of motets and madrigals.-Editions:* Mottetti concertati: a due, tre, quattro e cinque voci ed. Irene Calagna 2002 pp147-References:...
, Sigismondo d'IndiaSigismondo d'IndiaSigismondo d'India was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was one of the most accomplished contemporaries of Monteverdi, and wrote music in many of the same forms as the more famous composer.-Life:D'India was probably born in Palermo, Sicily in 1582, though...
, Giandomenico MartorettaGiandomenico MartorettaGiandomenico Martoretta was a Sicilian Baroque composer. Little is known of his life, but the style of the dedication of the "master of theology" Giovanfrancesco di Chara in the second book indicates that Martoretta may have been minor gentry or member of an academy...
, Cataldo AmodeiCataldo AmodeiCataldo Amodei was a Sicilian Baroque musician. He was born in Sciacca and in 1685 was ordained as a priest; in the same year he became maestro di cappella at the church of San Paolo Maggiore, Naples...
, Bartolomeo MontalbanoBartolomeo MontalbanoBartolomeo Montalbano was an Italian Baroque composer.Montalbano was born in Bologna. After entering the Franciscan order, in 1619, he got his musical education there...
, Bonaventura RubinoBonaventura RubinoFray Bonaventura Rubino was an Italian composer.According to his publications, his origin of "Montecchio di Lombardia" probably indicates that he was from Montecchio in Darfo Boario Terme, one hour east of Bergamo...
, Vincenzo Gallo, Mario CapuanaMario CapuanaMario Capuana was an Italian composer of motets and a requiem.He was maestro di capella at the Cathedral of Noto in the Province of Syracuse from 1628 to his death in 1647...
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