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Gloria in excelsis Deo from the Mass in D Major for Winds & Strings
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| Composer : | Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista (1710 - 1736) | ||
| Instrumentation : | Winds & String Orchestra | ||
| Style : | Baroque | ||
| Key : | D major | ||
| Arranger : Publisher : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||
| Copyright : | Public Domain | ||
| Added by magataganm, 22 Sep 2023 Giovanni Battista Draghi (1710 – 1736), usually referred to as Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, was an Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and organist, leading exponent of the Baroque; he is considered one of the greatest Italian musicians of the first half of the 18th century and one of the most important representatives of the Neapolitan school. Despite his short life and few years of activity (he died of tuberculosis at the age of 26), he managed to create works of high artistic value and historical importance, among which we remember La serva padrona (The Maid Turned Mistress), of the highest importance for the development and diffusion of the opera buffa in Europe, L'Olimpiade, considered one of the masterpieces of the opera seria of the first half of the eighteenth century, and the Stabat Mater, among the most important works of sacred music of all time. If in life, despite numerous awards, Pergolesi's fame was almost exclusively limited to the Neapolitan and Roman musical milieu, so it should come as no surprise that this figure of composer, who died very young with an artistic parable of only five years and yet able to leave a handful of unforgettable compositions, has been able to influence poets and artists who, during the 19th century, reinterpreted the figure in a romantic key. Lost for nearly 300 years, his mass in D Major (P.46) is proving popular after being rediscovered by researchers. Sacred music in this period and especially Pergolesi's contribution to this music, is really a theatre of soul. It's not opera, not at all, it's a theatre of emotion. The mass, believed to have been composed around 1731, was stitched together recently by Italian musicologists from a patchwork of sources in different libraries. The sources were in disarray, scattered all around Europe, and very difficult to find an actual version. The concept of lost music is not very clear to many people. Music can be lost, just because it is on the wrong shelf of the library and it stays there for centuries. Source: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Pergol esi). Although originally composed for Chorus (SATB) and Keyboard (Harpsichord), I created this Interpretation of the "Gloria in excelsis Deo" (Glory to God in the highest) from the Mass in D Major (P.46 No. 2) for Winds (Flute, Oboe, French Horn & Bassoon) and Strings (2 Violins, Viola & Cello). | |||
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