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Rosenmuller - Venetian Evensong | Christophorus CHR77333

Rosenmuller - Venetian Evensong

Label: Christophorus

Cat No: CHR77333

Barcode: 4010072773333

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 6th December 2010

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About

Johann Rosenmüller (1617-1684) was employed for a time as a trombonist in San Marco, and, from 1658 to 1682, he worked as choirmaster at the Ospedale della Pietà. Unmissable in his works is the influence of Francesco Cavalli who, after Monteverdi‘s death, rose up to become the leading composer in Venice, and whose opera style Rosenmüller copied in his own church music.

The overwhelming majority of Rosenmüller’s Venetian compositions are the Latin psalm concertos, which belong liturgically to Compline (Latin completus: completed, concluded), the prayers for the end of the day, at the close of Vespers. The Bible texts, which have a special relationship with night and with sleep, symbols of death, are specifically required by the liturgy.

Unlike the great Vespers psalm concertos for male and female saints, which distinguish themselves with their splendid sound structure from multiple choirs in the style of Gabrieli, the compositions on this CD show intimacy as well as passion.

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