Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637-1695)
- Beatus Vir a quattro voci, 'Psalmi ad vesperas' Opera XII (1694)
Performers: Hοustοn Chamber Choir & Orchestra; Robert Simpsοn (conductor)
Further info: Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637-1695) - Triumphate Fideles
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Italian composer, teacher, organist and organ builder. He was the son of
a well-known organ builder from Brescia, Antonio Colonna (alias Dal
Corno) and Francesca Dinarelli, and himself became an active authority
on organ construction. As a young man he took organ lessons in Bologna
with Agostino Filipucci and then went to Rome to study composition with
Abbatini, Benevoli and Carissimi. He served as organist in San
Apollinare there before pursuing his career in Bologna. In 1659 he was
made second organist and in 1661 organist at San Petronio, and then
served as its maestro di cappella from 1674 until his death. He also was
maestro di cappella at the church of the Madonna della Galliera
(1673-88) and at San Giovanni in Monte (1689-90). In 1666 he was one of
the founder-members of the Bolognese Accademia dei Filarmonici and was
elected principal in 1672 and re-elected in 1674, 1685 and 1691. As a
composer, he was a distinguished composer of oratorios, six of which are
extant. Among his other fine works were two volums of motets (Bologna,
1681), the Messe e salmi concertati (Bologna, 1691) and Psalmi ad
vesperas (Bologna, 1694). He was widely recognized in his lifetime and
in the 18th century as one of the most distinguished Italian church
musicians.
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