Marco Scacchi

Marco Scacchi (* 1605 in Gallese at Viterbo, † September 11, 1685 ) was an Italian conductor and composer of the Baroque.

Life

After his training in Rome by Giovanni Francesco Anerio he moved to Warsaw, where he. Starting in 1624 as a violinist in the Royal Chapel of Sigismund III and he had in 1630, after the death of Anerio, took over the position as Kapellmeister. In 1635 he married the German Regina Keller. Only in 1649 he returned for health reasons in his hometown, devoted himself to teaching and wrote music theory treatises. His pupil Angelo Berardi quotes Scacchi repeatedly and explicitly in his Documenti armonici of 1687th

At the time of his ministry in Poland he maintained active contacts with Italian and German musicians, such as Romano Micheli ( 1575 - after 1659 ), Heinrich Schütz, Johann Stobaeus, Ambrosius Profe ( 1589 to 1657), but especially with the Danziger organist and conductor Kaspar Förster. On the other hand, were under his influence Polish composers and members of the court orchestra, as Marcin Franciszek Lilius Mielczewski or develop their style.

Work

Marco Scacchi, who often used the most polychoral technique in his works, created a number of works of sacred vocal music, including fairs and madrigals. An oratorio and almost all of his stage works are lost. In his compositions, there is a synthesis of the Roman influence of his teacher Anerio and the style of Claudio Monteverdi.

Furthermore Scacchi was known during the 17th century as a writer of music-theoretical writings, which related to discussions about Prima and Seconda pratica pratica. Here are his writings " Cribrum Musicum " of 1643 or " Breve discorso " of 1649 to mention.

• Composer ( Baroque)
• Italian composer
• Composer ( church music )
• Born in the 17th century
• Died in 1685
• Man