Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli
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Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (1752-1837) was a composer, born in Naples, Italy on April 4, 1752. He died at Torre del Greco, May 5, 1837.
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[edit] Life
[edit] Early career
Zingarelli studied at the Santa Maria di Loreto Conservatory in Naples under Fenaroli and Speranza. He concentrated on writing opera in his early career and in 1789 went to Paris to compose Antigone. He left France hurriedly at the time of the revolution and eventually returned to Italy where he was appointed maestro di cappella at Milan Cathedral in 1793, where he remained until 1794, when he took up the post of maestro di cappella at Santa Casa, Loreto.
[edit] Rome
He was appointed choir master of the Sistine Chapel in Rome in 1804. In 1811 he refused, as an Italian patriot, to conduct a "Te Deum" for Napoleon's son , newly born and known as King of Rome, in St. Peter's, Rome and was taken a prisoner to Paris. Napoleon père was a fan of Zingarelli's music and so quickly released him. In addition he was awarded a state pension.
[edit] Naples
He moved to Naples in 1813 where he became Director of the Conservatory. In 1816 he replaced Giovanni Paisiello as choir master of Naples cathedral, a position he held until his death in 1837. Vincenzo Bellini, Michael Costa and Saverio Mercadante were among his pupils.
[edit] Works
[edit] Opera
His first opera, Montesuma, was given at San Carlo on August 13, 1781. He wrote 37 operas in all in a prolific career. Between 1785 and 1803 he wrote mainly for La Scala Milan and the first to be produced here was Alsinda. Of his operas Giulietta e Romeo (1796) is regarded as his best. His last opera Berenice (1811) achieved considerable success in his lifetime after its initial production in Rome.
[edit] Sacred Music
Being a deeply religious Catholic, Zingarelli devoted most of his attention to masses, oratorios, cantatas, and motets. For Loreto he composed 541 works, including 28 masses. In 1829 he wrote a cantata for the Birmingham Festival. Less than a month before his death he produced an oratorio, "The Flight into Egypt", a wonderful feat for a man of eighty-five; and his requiem mass, composed for his own funeral, is said to embody his most devotioned church style.
- This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zingarelli, Niccolò Antonio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zingarelli, Nicola Antonio;Zingarelli, Niccolò |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Italian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4 April 1752 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Napoli |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5 May 1837 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Torre del Greco |
