Giuseppe Balzano (1616-1700)
- Ego Ille a otto
Performers: Soloists and choir 'Laudate Pueri'; Joseph Vеlla (conductor)
Further info: Giuseppe Balzano (1616-1700) - Motets & Cantatas
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Maltese composer, probably the first one documented in Malta. His first
years are unknown. In 1640 he was ordained priest in Catania. In 1661 he
was appointed chapel master of the Cathedral of Saint Paul in Mdina in a
post he held until 1699. Between the years 1665-1669 and 1673-1674 he
travel to Naples where he received further music lessons. It is said his
Beatus Vir (1652) was the first music composed in Malta. Regarding his
music, he was very prolific with more than 200 works, most of them
sacred (18 masses, 64 psalms and 32 motets). His younger brother
Domenico Balzano (1632-1707) was also a composer and succeded him at
Mdina Cathedral in 1699.
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