Giuseppe Baini
Abbate Giuseppe Baini(21 October 1775 – 21 May 1844) was an Italian priest, music critic,[1]conductor, and composer of church music.[2][3]
He was born inRome.He was instructed in composition by his uncle,Lorenzo Baini,and afterwards byG. Jannaconi.In 1814, he was appointed musical director to thechoir of the pontifical chapel,to which he had as early as 1802 gained admission because of his fine bass voice, which was said to be powerful, extending from low E♭ to high G.[4]His compositions, of which very few were published, were considered favourable specimens of the severe ecclesiastical style; a ten-partMiserereof his, composed for Holy Week in 1821 by order ofPope Pius VII,has taken a permanent place in the services of theSistine chapelduringPassion Week.Baini held a higher place, however, as a musical critic and historian than as a composer, and hisLife ofPalestrina(Memorie storico-critiche della vita e delle opere di Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina,1828) was described by the1911 Encyclopædia Britannicaas being "one of the best works of its class". The phraseIl Principe della Musica,which has become firmly associated with the name of Palestrina, is found in the aforementioned biography.[1]
Baini's book on Palestrina established the 19th century attitude of hero worship towards the Renaissance master ofcounterpoint,and also named him as the "savior of church music" versus the alleged "ban on counterpoint" by theCouncil of Trent.Contemporary scholarship, while not claiming that this view was entirely false, tends to hold that it was highly exaggerated; Palestrina was one of many skilled composers working at the time, and the influence of the Council of Trent on musical composition was more limited than at first presumed (the composers of theVenetian School,for example, ignored it almost entirely, and Palestrina-style composers such asLassus,working inMunich,were also quite free to write as they pleased). Regardless of its failings, however, Baini's book was influential and did much to bringRenaissance musicback into the attention of 19th century musicians as well as the general public.[5]
Giuseppe Baini died in May 1844 inRome.[2]
References[edit]
- ^abChisholm, Hugh,ed. (1911)..Encyclopædia Britannica(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^abOtten, Joseph (1907)."Abbate Giuseppe Baini".www.newadvent.org.Retrieved2019-10-13.
- ^Hughes, Rupert (1939).Music Lovers' Encyclopedia.New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc. p. 41.
- ^Cametti, Alfredo (1895).Cenni biografici di Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.Milan: G. Ricordi & C. p. 135.
- ^"Yale University Library: Exhibits at the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library: Histories of Music: Giuseppe Baini, Memorie storico-critiche della vita e delle opere di Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina".www.library.yale.edu.Retrieved2019-10-13.
External links[edit]
- Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913)..Catholic Encyclopedia.New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- Free scores by Giuseppe Bainiin theChoral Public Domain Library(ChoralWiki)
- Free scores by Giuseppe Bainiat theInternational Music Score Library Project(IMSLP)
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