Sigismondo d'India

Sigismondo d' India ( * 1582 probably in Sicily; † before April 19, 1629 probably in Modena) was an Italian composer primarily of secular works such as madrigals, motets and Nellee Villa. With his radical innovations in harmony and melody, he is considered one of the pioneers of the transition from Renaissance to Baroque music.

Life

About his family nothing is known. He comes from Sicily, probably from Palermo, d'India there is a frequently more appropriate name. From a young age he will be gone to Naples, where he called himself "Noble of Palermo ". From Naples there are also records of a Don Carlo d'India, probably his father or a close relative. He enjoyed there with other students as Gesualdo, Ascanio Mayone (ca. 1570-1627 ) and Trabaci a musical education at Giovanni de Macque, which might have come around 1585 to there.

In the first decade of the 17th century d'India traveled to northern and central Italy to visit some of the main dishes of the cities of Mantua, Florence, and Rome. Why is today no longer understand; maybe he had a political or diplomatic mission. 1611 he moved to Turin to go as head of chamber music at the court of the Duke of Savoy in the service of Charles Emanuel I.. He devoted himself entirely to composing music for the grand celebrations at the court, a witness that the posterity for example, by his Musiche e Balli a quattro voci (Venice, 1621) was retained. In the spring of 1623, however, he hurriedly left the city to escape the advent of malicious gossip in court and to avoid a scandal. He found refuge at the court of Alfonso II d' Este, Prince of Modena, who was the son of the Duke of Savoy, and was appointed then to Rome. There he took for two years of service with Cardinal Maurice of Savoy to, son of Carlo Emanuele I. In winter 1626/27 he was summoned back to Modena, but soon after the death of Isabella, wife of Alfonso, he returned to Rome. However, he resigned after the service of the Cardinal in good and returned to Modena, where he spent his last years. Just before he could take the job with Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, he died 1629th

Works

Between 1606 and 1627 d'India wrote a total of 18 books with polyphonic a cappella vocal music: three volumes of motets, madrigals eight volumes, two Villanelle alla Napolitana and five books for one or two voices and basso continuo. The eight books of Musiche because canta solo were not published in his lifetime, even though they still represent today's perspective, the new factory d' Indias. Radical attempts of chromaticism and dissonance are in epochal achievements. Some plants and plant parts are so dramatic that they act as composed for the opera, although d'India has never written a work of this kind. He stood with Monteverdi, who also lived in Naples, in contact with and was encouraged and inspired by him; this certified him "radical ideas ". Giulio Caccini advised him to continue on the path.

Setting of dramas

  • La Zalizura dramma in musica testo di San Martino di Filippo Agliè (Turin from 1611 to 1612, 1618 or 1623)
  • La caccia favola pastoral (Turin 1620)

Madrigals

  • Primo libro de ' madrigali a 5 voci ( Milan 1606 )
  • Secondo libro de ' madrigali a 5 voci (Venice 1611)
  • Terzo libro de ' madrigali a 5 voci con il suo basso continuato (Venice 1615)
  • Quarto libro de ' madrigali a 5 voci (Venice 1616)
  • Quinto libro de ' madrigali a 5 voci (Venice 1616)
  • Sesto libro de ' madrigali a 5 voci ( lost)
  • Settimo libro de ' madrigali a 5 voci (Rome 1624)
  • Ottavo libro de ' madrigali a 5 voci con basso contuinuo (Rome 1624)

Vocal compositions

  • Villanelle alla napoletana a 3 voci libro I ( Naples 1608)
  • Le musiche as cantar solo nel clavicordo, chitarrone, arpa doppia ( Milan 1609)
  • Secondo libro delle villanelle alla napolitana a 3-4 voci (Naples 1612 )
  • Le musiche a 2 voci ( Milan 1615)
  • Le musiche ... Libro III a 1 e 2 voci ( Milan 1618)
  • Le musiche e ballistically a 4 voci con basso continuo (Venice 1621)
  • Le musiche a 1 et 2 voci libro IV (Venice 1621)
  • Le musiche a 1 voce Libro V (Venice 1623)

Spiritual compositions

  • S. Eustachio dramma sacro (Rome 1625)
  • Liber Secundus Sacrorum Concentuum 3-4 voci (Venice 1610)
  • Liber primus motectorum a 4 voci col basso seguente (Venice 1627 )
  • La Missa Dominae clamavi ad Te 1626 ( manuscript )

In addition, there are 66 motets in compilations.

Reception

From Sigismondo d'India no portraits have survived. A Roman correspondent of Alfonso d' Estes describes him as "ugly and shabby dressed " while the Duke himself remarked that he was full of " good qualities and good manners ."

The lack of an original print is to be regarded as a reason why Sigismondo d'India is not the same as enjoying fame Gesualdo or Monteverdi. Nevertheless, many transcriptions are available and there are now a number of recordings on recordings.

Discography (selection)

  • Secular Vocal Music by Sigismondo d'India, Ensemble Elyma, Gino and Paola Nappo Ronchetti; Brilliant Classics 2008
  • Sigismondo d'India: Voi Ch'Ascoltane - Songs & Chants; to texts by Petrarch, Ferranti, Trabaci, Marino, Tasso and others; Ensemble poiesis, Marion Fourquier (harp & pipe ), Label ZigZag 2003 5821911
  • First Book of Madrigals by Sigismondo d'India 1606 Edition Glossa La Venexiana 2001 1740302
  • The Emma Kirkeby Collection, Ensemble Hyperion; 1993
  • Sigismondo d'India: Duetti, Lamenti e Madrigali; Concerto Vocale m. Judith Nelson, René Jacobs, Wieland Kuijken, Jaap ter Linden, William Christie and Junghänel, Harmonia Mundi, 1990, 3149025043351
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