Giuseppe Zamponi

Giuseppe Zamponi (* 1600-1610 in Rome, † in February 1662 in Brussels, also Gioseffo Zampone ) was an Italian organist and composer.

Life

Giuseppe Zamponi was from 1629 to 1638 organist at the church of San Giacomo degli Ildefonso Spagnuoli in Rome, as the successor to Paolo Tarditi (around 1580-1661 ). From 1638 he was in a position at Cardinal Pier Maria Borghese († 1642).

At the beginning of 1646 he came to Brussels, to the court of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, where he held the line of chamber music from 1648. In 1661 Zamponi was mentioned in a document as Kapellmeister to the Elector of Cologne.

Zamponi was primarily known for his musical drama Ulisse all'isola di Circe, which was at the Brussels court, was performed on February 24, 1650 at the wedding celebrations of the Spanish King Philip IV and Mariana of Austria and successfully performed two days later again. These were the first opera performance in the Habsburg Netherlands. The Swedish Queen Christina was working Zamponis 1654 list twice in transit in Brussels. The work follows the Venetian style and consists of a prologue and three acts. In oblivion, the work in 2002 was rediscovered, lost instrumental parts have since been reconstructed. In February 2012 in Liège takes place the modern world premiere and first recording of the work. Performers are the " Ensemble Clematis " and the Namur Chamber Choir under the direction of Leonardo García Alarcón -.

Works (selection)

• Opera Ulisse all'isola di Circe
• Dies Irae for 5 voices and instruments 3 ( handed down in manuscript form in the Duben Collection of the Uppsala University Library )
• Sonata for violin, viola da gamba e basso continuo
• Sonata for violin, viola e basso continuo
• Sonata per 2 violini e basso continuo
• Caprices ( preserved in the Codex rust of the Bibliothèque nationale de France)
• 2 arias