Also known as:
Franchinus Gaffurius;
Latin: Franchinus Gaffurius
GAFFURIO (Gafforio, Gafurino), Franchino. - Musician, b. at Lodi on 14 Jan. 1451, d. at Milan on 24 June 1522. He studied plainchant and composition with the friar Goodendag (Bonadies); ordained a priest, he spent two years in the service of L. Gonzaga at Mantua, then at Verona, at Genoa, whence with the doge P. Adorno he went to Naples, and again at Lodi; from 1481 to 1484 he was choirmaster of Bishop C. Pallavicini at Monticello Cremonese and finally, at Milan, cantor of the Cathedral and then first cantor of the Sforza Chapel and tutor to the sons of Duke Ludovico. In 1485 he founded a musical school of very great renown.
Besides certain of his didactic works, extensive and profound, on plainchant, notation, counterpoint, musical values, the ancient and modern modes, etc. (Theoricum opus harmoniae disciplinae, Naples 1480 and, under the title Theorica musicae, Milan 1492; Practica Musicae sive musicae actiones in IV libris, ibid. 1496; Angelicum ac divinum opus, ibid. 1518; etc.), there are preserved masses, a stabat, magnificat, motets, antiphons, and other sacred compositions, all in manuscript.
Bibliography5 worksF. Florimo, La scuola musicale di Napoli e i suoi conservatorii, I, Naples 1880, pp. 38-113; C. Pallorina, Die Memorial Theorie des F. G., B
BIBL.: F. Florimo, La scuola musicale di Napoli e i suoi conservatorii, I, Naples 1880, pp. 38-113; C. Pallorina, Die Memorial Theorie des F. G., Berlin 1905; G. Cesari, Musica e musicisti della Corte sfornese, in Rivista music. ital., 29 (1922), p. 1; A. Toni, F. G., in Musica d'oggi, 6 (1924), p. 73; G. Dangioli, F. G., in Universitatis Tichenuti Sancularia Underina, Pavia 1925.
Gentili, Anna Maria. “Gaffurio (Gafforio, gafurino), franchino.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1847. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/gaffurio-gafforio-gafurino-franchino.
MLA
Gentili, Anna Maria. “Gaffurio (Gafforio, gafurino), franchino.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1847. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/gaffurio-gafforio-gafurino-franchino.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec5_gaffurio_gafforio_gafurino_fra,
author = {Gentili, Anna Maria},
title = {Gaffurio (Gafforio, gafurino), franchino},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {V},
pages = {1847},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1950},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/gaffurio-gafforio-gafurino-franchino}
}
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