Michelangelo Falvetti

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Michelangelo Falvetti (1642–1692) was an Italian Baroque composer as well as a Catholic priest.

Falvetti was born in Melicuccà in Calabria, Southern Italy on December 29, 1642, but spent most of his life and musical career in Sicily. In 1670, he became Maestro di cappella in Palermo, and in 1679 founded the 'Unione dei Musici' in that city.^[1] In or around 1682 he moved to Messina where he was named Maestro di Cappella del Senato di Messina. Falvetti died in Messina in 1692.

Works, editions and recordings

Works written in Palermo:

Abel figura dell'agnello eucaristico (1676)
La spada di Gedeone (1678)
La Giuditta (1680)
Il trionfo dell'anima (16??)

Works written in Messina:

Il diluvio universale (1682) - includes sung parts for Noah, Rad, Water, Death, Divine Justice, God, Human Nature, - recording Leonardo García-Alarcón, La Cappella Mediterranea, Choeur de chambre de Namur. Ambronay 2011
Il Nabucco (1683)
Il sole fermato da Giosuè (1692)

References

↑ Giuseppe Donato Polifonisti calabresi dei secoli XVI e XVII Coro polifonico S. Paolo di Reggio Calabria, Reggio di Calabria 1985

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 186748661 LCCN: no2012010169 ISNI: 0000 0003 5642 5262 GND: 1017211302 BNF: cb165419592

Persondata
Name	Falvetti, Michelangelo
Alternative names
Short description	Italian composer
Date of birth	1642
Place of birth
Date of death	1692
Place of death

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