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Ockeghem, Johannes
OCKEGHEM, JOHANNES. - Polyphonist, b. in Flanders ca. 1430, d. at Tours ca. 1495. In > (from La revue musicale, 5 [1933], pp. 32-33)… -
Odington, Walter
ODINGTON, WALTER. - Benedictine monk, who lived in England in the second half of the 13th century. He resided first at Evesham, then at… -
Oratorio (Music) (ORATORIO (MUSICA))
ORATORY (MUSIC). - The oratorio is distinguished from theatrical production by being absolutely devoid of the aid of scenery and of any… -
Orchestra in Liturgical Music (ORCHESTRA NELLA MUSICA LITURGICA)
ORCHESTRA IN LITURGICAL MUSIC. - The Church was always opposed to the use of musical instruments during the sacred rites, notwithstanding… -
Organ (ORGANO)
ORGAN. - A wind musical instrument with sounding pipes (from about ten in the primitive ones to several thousand in modern ones) of varying… -
Organum
ORGANUM. - The term, which denoted a special compositional technique of at least 2 voices, lies at the origins of polyphony (9th century)… -
Paisiello, Giovanni
PAISIELLO, GIOVANNI. - Musician, b. in Taranto on 9 May 1740, d. in Naples on 5 June 1816. He did his first studies in his homeland and… -
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da
PALESTRINA, GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da. - Musician, b. in Palestrina to Sante Pierluigi and Palma, of uncertain lineage; the majority of… -
Paumann, Conrad
PAUMANN, CONRAD. - Composer and performer of organ music, b. ca. 1410 in Nuremberg, d. in Munich on 24 January 1473. Blind from birth, he… -
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista
PERGOLESI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. - Musician, b. Jan. 4, 1710 at Jesi, d. at Pozzuoli on March 16 or 17, 1736. After learning the first… -
Perotinus (Magnus)
PEROTINUS (Magnus). - Choirmaster of the cathedral of Paris, successor of Leoninus and, with him, one of the principal exponents of the Ars… -
Plain Chant Music (PLAIN CHANT MUSICAL)
PLAIN CHANT MUSIC. - In 1669 Henri Du Mont published five masses that have become universally famous. It seems that he was also the… -
Polyphony (POLIFONIA)
POLYPHONY. - From the Greek πολός = much and φωνή = sound, voice, it is music based on the simultaneous association of two or more parts… -
Porpora, Nicola Antonio
PORPORA, NICOLA ANTONIO. - Composer and teacher, b. in Naples on 19 Aug. 1686, d. there on 12 Feb. 1766. He studied music at the… -
Porta, Costanzo
PORTA, COSTANZO. - Conventual Franciscan, musician, b. at Cremona in 1505, d. at Padua on 26 May 1601. He was later director, often also… -
Puccini, Giacomo
PUCCINI, GIACOMO. - Composer and conductor, b. at Lucca on 22 Dec. 1858, d. at Brussels on 19 Nov. 1924. He descended from a family of… -
Radiciotti, Giuseppe
RADICIOTTI, GIUSEPPE. - Musicologist, b. in Jesi on 25 Jan. 1859, d. in Tivoli on 4 Apr. 1931. He studied at the University of Rome, where… -
Raimondi, Pietro
RAIMONDI, PIETRO. - Musician, b. in Rome on 20 Dec. 1786, d. on 30 Oct. 1853. He studied in Naples at the Conservatorio della Pietà de'… -
Ravanello, Oreste
RAVANELLO, ORESTE. - Master composer and organist, b. in Venice on 25 Aug. 1871, d. in Padua on 2 July 1938. Having obtained his diploma in… -
Respighi, Ottorino
RESPIGHI, OTTORINO. - Composer and conductor, b. in Bologna on 9 July 1879, d. in Rome on 18 Apr. 1936. He studied at the Liceo musicale of… -
Responsory (RESPONSORIO)
RESPONSORY. - In the Mass, after the reading, and in the Office at the end of each lesson and in the Little Hours after the Chapter, the… -
Riemann, Karl Wilhelm Julius Hugo
RIEMANN, KARL WILHELM JULIUS HUGO. - Musicologist, b. at Gross Mehlra on 18 July 1849, d. at Leipzig on 10 July 1919. He studied at Berlin,… -
Rossini, Gioacchino
ROSSINI, GIOACCHINO. - Musician b. at Pesaro on 29 Feb. 1792, d. at Passy (Paris) on 13 Nov. 1868. He studied at Bologna and at Lugo;… -
Sacred Song (CANZONE SACRA)
SACRED SONG (CANZONE SACRA). - In vocal music, it meant a composition, analogous to the motet, in a strictly imitative style, whose theme… -
Schubert, Franz
SCHUBERT, FRANZ. - Musician, b. Jan. 31, 1797 in Vienna, d. there Nov. 19, 1828. After his first studies with his father, with his brother… -
Schumann, Robert
SCHUMANN, ROBERT. - Musician, b. at Zwickau on 8 June 1810, d. at Endenich on 29 July 1856. Initiated in his youth into musical studies, he… -
Soto, Francisco
SOTO, FRANCISCO. - Oratorian, b. at Osma (Spain) in 1536, d. at Rome in 1619. Having come to Rome, he demonstrated his marked musical… -
Spiritual Dialogue (DIALOGO SPIRITUALE)
SPIRITUAL DIALOGUE. - A compositional technique of vocal music, in use from the Middle Ages to the 16th century and beyond. Toward the… -
Spontini, Gaspare, Luigi, Pacifico
SPONTINI, GASPARE, LUIGI, PACIFICO. - Musician, b. 14 Nov. 1774 at Majolati (Jesi) and d. there 24 Jan. 1851. In Rome he made his debut as… -
Steffani, Agostino
STEFFANI, AGOSTINO. - Musician, b. at Castelfranco Veneto on 25 July 1654, d. at Frankfurt am Main on 12 Feb. 1728. At the age of 14 he was… -
Stradella, Alessandro
STRADELLA, ALESSANDRO. - Musician, b. perhaps at Montefestino in 1642, d. at Genoa on 28 February 1682. The value of his art is to be… -
Tebaldini, Giovanni
TEBALDINI, GIOVANNI. - Musician, b. in Brescia on Sept. 7, 1864, d. in S. Benedetto del Tronto on May 12, 1952. > (photo Vatican Museums) >… -
Terrabugio, Giuseppe
TERRABUGIO, GIUSEPPE. - Musician, b. at Fiera di Primiero on 13 May 1842, d. there on 30 Jan. 1933. He studied at Padua and then perfected… -
Thomas, Charles-Louis
THOMAS, CHARLES-LOUIS. - Musician, b. in Metz on 5 Aug. 1811, d. in Paris on 12 Febr. 1896. Having entered the Paris Conservatory of Music… -
Ugolini, Vincenzo
UGOLINI, VINCENZO. - Musician b. in Perugia c. 1570, d. in Rome on 6 May 1638. Having gone to Rome at a very young age, he studied with… -
Verdi, Giuseppe
VERDI, GIUSEPPE. - Musician b. at Le Roncole near Busseto (Parma) on 10 Oct. 1813, d. at Milan on 27 Jan. 1901. He received the first… -
Vitoria, Tomás Luis de (VITORIA, TOMAS LUÍS DE)
VITORIA, Tomás Luis de. - Spanish musician b. at Avila in 1548, d. at Madrid on 27 Aug. 1611. In 1557 he entered as a singer in the choir… -
Vivaldi, Antonio
VIVALDI, ANTONIO. - Musician b. in Venice perhaps in 1675, d. in Vienna in 1741. He studied music first with his father, a good violinist… -
Wagner, Peter
WAGNER, PETER. - Musicologist and Gregorianist, b. at Kürenz (Trier) on 19 Aug. 1865, d. at Fribourg in Switzerland on 17 Oct. 1931. A… -
Weinman, Karl
WEINMAN, KARL. - Priest, musicologist, b. at Vohenstrauss (Upper Palatinate) on 22 Dec. 1873, d. at Pielenhofen (Bavaria) on 26 Sept. 1929.… -
Zacconi, Ludovico
ZACCONI, LUDOVICO. - Augustinian, musician, b. at Pesaro on 11 June 1555, d. at Firenzuola di Pesaro on 22 March 1627. Having entered the… -
Zingarelli, Nicola Antonio
ZINGARELLI, NICOLA ANTONIO. - Musician, b. in Naples on 4 April 1752, d. at Torre del Greco on 5 May 1837. He studied at the Conservatory…