Francesco Palmieri (poet)
Francesco Palmieri (Pisa, 4 April 1659[1] – Hanover, 7 October 1701[2][3]) was an Italian poet and musician.
Palmieri was the son of Pier Lorenzo Palmieri and Lucrezia da Paule, an aristocratic woman. He had a fine education, which included studies on
canzoni, most of his works were never printed. He was also the author of two unpublished oratorios
also written, presumably, in Rome.
During the 1690s, he moved to
Rinaldo I of Modena.[4] The score is lost, but it appears from the libretto to have comprised seventeen numbers for five characters (Clio, Gloria, Giunone, Amore and Fato). Palmieri (also known as "Count Palmieri"), wrote the libretto of Briseide, the opera by Pietro Torri and Agostino Steffani, performed during carnival, 1696. From that yer, when Steffani was continually away on diplomatic duties, Palmieri was general manager of music at the court of Hanover.[5]
According to
Leibniz, and the dowager Electress Sophia of Hanover wrote a sympathetic letter to Palmieni's brother, Father Lorenzo Palmieri, revealing how well he was liked there.[1]
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References
- ^ a b c Crescimbeni, Giovanni Mario. Notizie Istoriche degli Arcadi Morti, Volume 2, pp 129–133
- ISBN 9788820435455, p. 31
- Leibniz(15 October 1701): "I was very grieved by the death of the Count Palmieri."
- ^ Bungies, Wolfgang (ed) Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm: Sämtliche Schriften und Briefe. [Complete Writings and Correspondence], BAND 12 November 1695 – Juli 1696 November 1695 – Juli 1696. A letter from Leibniz to Count Palmieri (12 November 1695).
- ^ Timms, Colin Ronald. The Chamber Duets of Agostino Steffani (1654–1728), with Transcriptions and Catalogue. Dissertation submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Music. University of London King's College,1976, p. 49.
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