Benigno Zerafa (1726-1804) and the Neapolitan Galant style / Frederick Aquilina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aquilina, Frederick, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zerafa, Benigno, 1726-1804.

Zerafa, Benigno.

Composers--Malta--Biography.

Composers.

Sacred music.

Malta.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 335 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK : The Boydell Press, 2016.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Life of Benigno Zerafa (1726-1804): A Maltese Composer of Sacred Music 1

Chapter 2 A Concise History of Church Music in Malta: From the Late Fifteenth Century to the Eighteenth Century 47

Chapter 3 Naples during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 77

Chapter 4 Classification of Zerafa's Works, Sources and Commentary 103

Sources 106

The Anonymous Motet Texts 108

Commentary 110

Miscellaneous 120

Chapter 5 The Works a duecori (SATBx2) 121

1 Masses (Kyrie-Gloria) 128

Z2, Mass in D (1743) 128

Z22, Mass in F (1752) 145

Z96, Mass in G (1756) 149

Z103, MassinD (1758) 152

2 Psalms 155

Z1, Dixit Dominus in G (1743) 155

Z86, Dixit Dominus in F(1755) 161

Z95, Dixit Dominus in G (1756) 165

Chapter 6 The Works for Five Voices (SSATB) 176

1 Masses (Kyrie-Gloria) 176

Z13, Mass in D (1745) 176

Z18, Mass in D (1747) 178

Z119, Mass for the Dead in f(1765) 185

2 Psalm 189

Z10, Dixit Dominus in D (1745) 189

Chapter 7 The Works for Four Voices (SATB) 192

1 Masses (Kyrie-Gloria) 192

Z8, Mass in C (1744) 192

Z9, Mass for the Dead in f(1744) 203

Z16, Mass (Pastorate) in A(1746) 205

Z21, Mass in Eb (1751) 206

Z122, Mass in D (1772) 216

2 Sections of the Mass (Credo) 224

3 Psalms and Canticles 224

Z12, Dixit Dominus in F (1745) 224

Z20, Dixit Dominus in F (1751) 225

Z100, Dixit Dominus in D (1757) 226

Z35, Beatus vir in D (1753) 227

Z23, Laetatus sum in D (1753) 228

Z46, Magnificat in G (1753) 228

Z85, Magnificat in D (1754) 229

Z101, Magnificat in F (1758) 229

4 Hymn 230

Z17, Te Deum laudamus in D (1746) 230

5 Sequences 231

Z31, Lauda Sion in A (1753) 231

Z54, Victimae paschali laudes in D (1754) 232

6 Motets 232

219, Laeta, surge, dulcissima aurora in F (1749) 232

Z107, Ad faustum, ad festum in D (1759) 233

Chapter 8 The Works for Three and Two Voices, and for Solo Voice 235

The Works for Three Voices (STB, SAB, SSB) 235

1 Mass (SSB) (Kyrie-Gloria) 235

Z113 in G (1764) 235

2 Introductory Versicle, Psalms and Canticle (SSB) 236

Z109, Deus in adjutorium in F (1764) 236

Z110, Dixit Dominus in F (1764) 236

Z111, Laudate pueri in D (1764) 236

Z112, Magnificat in G (1764) 239

The Works for Two Voices (SA) 239

Z7, Litany in G (1744) 239

The Works for Solo Voice 240

1 Psalms 240

Z117, Confiteborm D (1765) 240

Z14, Beatus vir in F (1745) 242

Z120, Beatus vir in Eb (1766) 243

Z147, Laudate pueri in D (no date) 243

Z116, Nisi Dominus in G (1764) 244

2 Offertories 247

Z62, Sacerdotes Domini in F (1754) 247

Z74, Domine Deus in simplicitate in G (1754) 248

3 Motets 248

Z97, Rorate caeli in F (1757) 248

Z98, O felix carina! in F (1757) 249

Chapter 9 The Works for Voice(s) and Organ/Basso Continuo Only 253

The Works for Two Choirs (SATBx2) 253

Z108, Responsori per la Settimana Santa (1763) 253

The Works for Four Voices (SATB) 254

1 Masses 254

Z121, Mass for the Dead in Bb (1766) 254

Five Masses (1779): Z133 (in F), Z134 (in G), Z135 (in A), Z136 (in d), Z137 (in c) 254

2 Holy Week Service 258

Z15, Responsori per la Settimana Santa (1746) 258

Z52, Improperia per il Venerdi Santo (1754) 259

Z53, Miserere [alternatim] in Bb (1754) 262

3 Incroits 262

Z92, Duasi modo infantes in F (1756) 262

Z106, Benedicta sit Sancta Trinitas in F (1758) 262

Z124, Benedicta sit Sancta Trinitas in C (1775) 262

4 Hymns and Litanies 263

Z26, Z26a, Salutis humanae Sator/Aeterne Rex altissime in F 263

Z26b, Te Deum in F (1753) 263

Z144, Litania in e (1782) 263

Z145, Litania in G (1782) 263

Z146, Litania Pastorale in C (1782) 263

5 Motets 266

The Works for Three Voices (SSB) 266

Z131, Charitas Dei diffusa in F (1775) 266

Z114, Salve Regina in G (1764) 266

The Works for Two Voices (SA, AT) 267

The Works for Solo Voice (A, B) 267

Z148, Alma Redemptoris in C (no date) 267

Chapter 10 Conclusion 268.

ISBN:

1783270861

9781783270866

OCLC:

913844521