Domenico Bartolucci
Santissimi Nome di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata | |
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Other post(s) | Director emeritus of the Sistine Chapel Choir |
Orders | |
Ordination | 23 December 1939 by Elia Dalla Costa |
Created cardinal | 20 November 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI |
Rank | Cardinal deacon |
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Born | |
Died | 11 November 2013 Rome, Italy[2] | (aged 96)
Nationality | Italian |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Motto | Psallam Deo meo (I will sing to my God) |
Coat of arms |
Domenico Bartolucci (7 May 1917 – 11 November 2013) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the former director of the Sistine Chapel Choir and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and was recognized in the field of music both as a director and a prolific composer. Considered[by whom?] among the most authoritative interpreters of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Bartolucci led the Sistine Chapel Choir in performances worldwide, and also directed numerous concerts with the Choir of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, including a tour of the former Soviet Union.
On 20 November 2010, Pope
Biography
Early career
At a very young age, Bartolucci entered the seminary in Florence, where he was recruited as a singer. Upon the death of his master Bagnoli, Bartolucci succeeded him as director of the Chapel of the Duomo of Florence. In those years he began to compose his first masses, motets, and organ music, as well as madrigals and chamber music.[3]
At the end of 1942, Bartolucci went to Rome in order to deepen his knowledge of sacred music. Having served as Deputy Master of the
Bartolucci and the Sistine Chapel Choir
When Perosi died in 1956, Pope
The ensemble of the Pontifical Sistine Chapel Choir upon the death of Perosi was in poor condition. The situation was restored, however, thanks to the commitment of Bartolucci and the personal interest of Pope
Activity as a composer
Bartolucci was also dedicated to teaching and composition. He was a child prodigy, having composed his first Mass at age 12; his best-known Mass is the "Misa Jubilei," written in the Holy Year 1950.[9] The body of his work already published fills more than forty volumes and includes Masses, motets, madrigals, hymns, symphonic, organ, and chamber music, and above all a series of oratorios for soloists, chorus, and orchestra. His three-act opera Brunelleschi is yet to be performed.
The concept of music for Bartolucci is based on naturalness and spontaneity. His reference points are Gregorian chant, Palestrina, and Verdi. Characteristic of Bartolucci's aesthetic conception is a respect for tradition, whose base lies in "a considerable severity of song and a certain limpid and solid polyphony", as he describes in the preface to his First Book of Motets.
Creation as cardinal
Styles of Domenico Bartolucci | |
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His Eminence | |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
See | none |
On 20 October 2010, Pope Benedict XVI announced Monsignor Bartolucci's appointment to the
Death
Bartolucci died on 11 November 2013, at the age of 96. His funeral Mass took place at St. Peter's Basilica on 13 November, and was led by Angelo Sodano, Dean of the College of Cardinals, with Pope Francis performing the final commendation. The Pope described Bartolucci as a "dear and esteemed priest, illustrious composer, and musician, who exercised his long ministry particularly through sacred music, which is born of faith and expresses faith".[11]
Honour
References
- ^ "Catholic-Hierarchy.com, Domenico Cardinal Bartolucci". Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ "Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, Domenico Bartolucci". Archived from the original on 27 May 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Il Maestro" (in Italian). Fondazione Domenico Bartolucci. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ "Pope Names New Leader of Sistine Chapel Choir" (PDF). The New York Times. Associated Press. 21 December 1956. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ Magister, Sandro (12 March 2008). "Great Music in the Churches of Rome. But in the Vatican, They're Deaf". L'Espresso. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
- ^ Magister, Sandro (7 May 2002). "Caso Bartolucci. Maestro, qua si cambia musica". L'Espresso (in Italian). Retrieved 22 November 2010.
- ^ Magister, Sandro (27 June 2006). "Musica nuova in Vaticano, non-solo in segreteria di stato". L'Espresso (in Italian). Retrieved 22 November 2010.
- ISBN 978-1-59525-021-6. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ "Sacred Music in Crisis". ZENIT. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- Paul VI. "Ingravescentem aetatem"(in Italian). Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ "Cardinal Bartolucci, former Sistine Chapel Choir director, dies at 96". Catholic News Service. 11 November 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". www.quirinale.it. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
External links
- Fondazione Domenico Bartolucci
- Domenico Bartolucci discography at Discogs