Giovanni Antonio Rigatti

Giovanni Antonio Rigatti (* 1613, † October 24, 1648 in Venice) was an Italian composer, choir master of the early Baroque.

Life

Giovanni Antonio Rigatti received his musical education in 1621 as a choirboy at St Mark's Basilica, and in one of the conservatories of Venice, he also received training as a priest. From September 1635 to March 1637 he was choirmaster at the cathedral of Udine. From 1639, he was " maestro d' organo e musica all figliole " at the Conservatory of the Ospedale dei Mendicanti in Venice. Rigatti also taught at the Ospedale dei Incurabili without having this, get the approval of his superiors, followed by a specially convened Commission dismissed him. On Osepdale degl'Incurabili Francesco Lucio was one of his students. 1642 Rigatti chaplain of Gianfrancesco Morosini, who was elected in 1645 to the Patriarch of Venice was. This appointed him in 1637 to the canon of St. Mark's Basilica.

Rigatti published nine volumes of sacred music ( five solo and concertante motets, four psalms and three fairs), as well as two books of secular music ( monodies in concertato style and madrigals ). His music includes many beautiful melodies, yet is powerful, it is imaginative in the structure and is characterized by dramatic word-painting. The 1640 the Emperor Ferdinand III. dedicated Messa e Salmi, is Rigattis impressive collection, she has throughout a similarly high level of musical ingenuity, such as Claudio Monteverdi they spirituale in his Selva morale e, which appeared in the same period, shows.

References and sources

  • Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, First Edition
  • Italian composer
  • Composer ( church music )
  • Composer ( Baroque)
  • Historical person (Italy )
  • Born in the 17th century
  • Died in 1648
  • Man
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