Francesco Antonio Urio
Francesco Antonio Urio (1631/32 – c. 1719) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era.
Life
Urio was born in Milan in 1631 or 1632, and died there in (or after) 1719.[1]
Urio held maestro di cappella posts in:
Urio was a member of the
Franciscan order.[2]
Legacy
George Frideric Handel reused Urio's work, including parts of the Te Deum, in works such as Saul, Israel in Egypt, L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, and the Dettingen Te Deum.[3][1]
Works
Urio's works include:
- Motetti di concerto a 2, 3, e 4 voci con violini e senza (Op. 1) (Rome, 1690)[1][2]
- Salmi concertati a 3 voci con violini (Op. 2) (Bologna, 1697).[1][2]
- Te Deum (c. 1700). Friedrich Chrysander published the work in Denkmäler der Tonkunst (Volume V, Bergedorf, near Hamburg, 1871), and later as Supplement 2 of the Händel-Gesellschaft.[4][2]
- Tantum ergo for soprano and bass continuo (Abschrift in der Bibliothek des Royal College of Music London)[5]
- Oratorium Gilard ed Eliada, Milan, Biblioteca Estense, mus.f.1200
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d e Randel 1996, p. 933.
- ^ a b c d e Baker 1900.
- ^ Answers.com 2012.
- ^ IMSLP Handel Supplement2 2011.
- ^ GrandeMusica 2012.
Sources
- "Francesco Antonio Urio". answers.com. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- "Te Deum score at IMSLP". IMSLP. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- "Urio, Francesco Antonio". grandemusica.net. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ISBN 0-674-37299-9.
- G. Schirmer Inc.
External links
- Urio: Te Deum (excerpt) on YouTube
- Motets, Op.1 (Urio, Franscesco Antonio): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Te Deum (Urio, Franscesco Antonio): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
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