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.
• Composers--Malta--Biography.
• Sacred music.
• Composers.
• 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