Giacomo Carissimi (jan 1, 1605 – jan 1, 1674)
Description:
an Italian composer, music teacher, and organist. He is one of the most celebrated masters of the early Baroque or, more accurately, the Roman School of music. Carissimi established the characteristic features of the Latin oratorio and was a prolific composer of motets and cantatas. He was highly influential in musical developments in north European countries through his pupils and the wide dissemination of his music.Italian Music
A. Carissimi: Oratorio and Cantata
1. The chief Italian composer of oratorios during Schütz’s lifetime was Giacomo
Carissimi.
2. Carissimi taught many foreigners, including Christoph Bernhard and Marc-Antoine
Charpentier.
3. Jepthe is Carissimi’s most famous oratorio.
4. The cantata was the solo successor to the madrigal.
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Date:
jan 1, 1605
jan 1, 1674
~ 69 years