Paolo Lorenzani
Paolo Francesco Lorenzani (5 January 1640 – 28 October 1713) was an Italian composer of the Baroque Era. While living in France, he helped promote appreciation for the Italian style of music.
Lorenzani was born in
He served in
In 1678, Lorenzani traveled to
Despite all of that, an Italian Serenade in 1684 proved to be a success, thanks to help from Michel Richard Delalande. In Paris, he earned a post as maître de musique at a Theatines monastery. Here, he conducted his own music in the presence of Italophile aristocrats. In 1688, his opera Oronthée, composed in the French style, premiered at the Académie royale in Chantilly. In 1693 Lorenzani published his Grand Motets, which were dedicated to the king.
He returned to Rome in 1695 and served as maestro di cappella for the Cappella Giulia.
References
- ^ a b John Hawkins. "Paolo Lorenzani" in A General History of the Science and Practice of Music, V. 2, p. 674. (Kessinger, 2006).
- ^ Henry Prunières and Edward Lockspeiser. A New History of Music: the Middle Ages to Mozart. (Macmillan, 1943). p. 278.
- ^ Roberto Pagano. Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti: Two Lives in One. (Pendragon Press, 2006). p. 139.
- ^ John McManners. Church and Society in Eighteenth-Century France, Vol. 1. (Oxford University Press, 1999). p.468.