Mario Savioni
Mario Savioni | |
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Born | 1608 in Rome |
Died | 22 April 1685 |
Mario Savioni (born 1608 in
Biography
Savioni receives training as a choirboy under the direction of Vincenzo Ugolini at San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome from 1617 to 1621. In 1621, he sang as a boy soprano at the Cappella Giulia of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City, and later as an alto in 1626.[1]
In September 1631, he returns to San Luigi dei Francesi to work with Ugolino as his assistant. At San Luigi, he received higher salary than the other singers.
From 1638, he worked with Orazio Benevoli, the Kapellmeister of Cappella Giulia. The collaboration ends in 1644, when he was appointed as the Kapellmeister at San Luigi. Savioni also worked closely with Luigi Rossi, the organist of San Luigi who is also a composer.
On 22 February 1642, Savioni sang the role of Alceste in Rossi's
Composition works
Savioni was one of the most prolific Italian
Collections (selection)
- Concerti morali, e spirituali, a tre voci differenti (Rome, 1660)
- Madrigali morali, e spirituali, a cinque voci concertati (Rome, 1668)
- Madrigali morali, e Concerti, a tre voci diferenti (Rome, 1672)
- Motetti a voce sola op. 4 (Rome, 1676)
References
- ^ Savioni, Mario Grove Music Online. Retrieved 6 August 2018
- ^ a b ""Mario Savioni profile at Page 25-26"" (PDF). Adelaide.edu.au website. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ISBN 0-7390-0030-6.