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David In Spelunca Engaddi
''David in spelunca Engaddi'' (“David in the Cave of Engedi”) is a 1795 oratorio by Simon Mayr. The librettist is unknown, but is possibly Giuseppe Maria Foppa who supplied the Latin texts for '' Iacob a Labano fugiens'' (1791), '' Sisara'' (1793), and ''Tobiae matrimonium ''Tobiae matrimonium, actio sacra pro filiabus chori S. Lazari'' is a 1794 oratorio by Simon Mayr to a Latin libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa Giuseppe Maria Foppa (Venice, 12 July 1760 – Venice, 1 March 1845) was an Italian librettist. He wrote ...'' (1794).John Allitt ''Giovanni Simone Mayr: vita, musica, pensiero'' 1995 p376 "1793 Ero (cantata per Bianca Sacchetti, l'ultima direttrice dei Mendicanti, testo di Foppa) Sisara (oratorio in due parti per i Mendicanti, testo di Foppa). 1794 Stabat Mater "a quattro" n. 5 Tobia o Tobiae Matrimonium (oratorio in due parti per i Mendicanti, testo in latino e in italiano di Foppa) La Passione (oratorio in ... 1795 David in Spelunca Engaddi (oratorio in due parti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ein Gedi
Ein Gedi ( he, עֵין גֶּדִי, ), also spelled En Gedi, meaning "spring of the kid", is an oasis, an archeological site and a nature reserve in Israel, located west of the Dead Sea, near Masada and the Qumran Caves. Ein Gedi, a kibbutz, was established nearby in 1954. Ein Gedi is a popular tourist attraction, and was listed in 2016 as one of the most popular nature sites in Israel. The site attracts about one million visitors a year. Etymology The name ''Ein Gedi'' is composed of two words (In both Arabic and Hebrew): ''ein'' means spring or a fountain and ''gǝdi'' means goat-kid. Ein Gedi thus means "kid spring" or "fountain of the kid". History and archaeology Neolithic At Mikveh Cave archaeologists found Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) flint tools and an arrowhead. Chalcolithic A Chalcolithic temple (ca. mid-fourth millennium BCE) belonging to the Ghassulian culture was excavated on the slope between two springs, Ein Shulamit and Ein Gedi. More Chalcolithic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Mayr
Johann(es) Simon Mayr (also spelled Majer, Mayer, Maier), also known in Italian as Giovanni Simone Mayr or Simone Mayr (14 June 1763 – 2 December 1845), was a German composer. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era. He was an early inspiration to Rossini and taught and advocated for Donizetti. Life He was born in Mendorf near Altmannstein, Landkreis Eichstätt, Bavaria, and studied theology at the University of Ingolstadt, continuing his studies in Italy from 1787. He was closely associated with the Illuminati of Adam Weishaupt while a student in Ingolstadt, and the ideals of the French Enlightenment were a strong influence on his philosophy as a musician as corroborated by his famed ''Zibaldone'' or "Notebooks" compiled toward the end of his career. Shortly thereafter, he took music lessons with Carlo Lenzi, and later with Ferdinando Bertoni. He moved to Bergamo in 1802 and was appointed ''maestro di cappella'' at the Cath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Maria Foppa
Giuseppe Maria Foppa (Venice, 12 July 1760 – Venice, 1 March 1845) was an Italian librettist. He wrote around 150 libretti, mainly for comic operas, as well as Latin oratorio texts and his memoirs.Richard Osborne ''Rossini'' 2007 0199724407 p.368 "Foppa, Giuseppe (1760–1845), librettist. An archivist and government official, he wrote some 150 opera libretti. A master of the one-act farsa popular in Venice from the early 1790s, he drew his material from French and Neapolitan sources," Librettos * ''Romeo and Juliet'', for Nicola Antonio Zingarelli *''L'inganno felice'', '' La scala di seta'', ''Il signor Bruschino'' and ''Sigismondo'' (1814) for Gioachino Rossini *''Gli artigiani'', 1795 for Pasquale Anfossi *''L'intrigo della lettera'' 1797, and several oratorios for Simone Mayr *''Lo spazzacamino principe'' 1794, and ''Le donne cambiate'' 1797 for Marcos António Portugal *''Teresa e Claudio'', 1801 for Giuseppe Farinelli *'' Le metamorfosi di Pasquale'', 1802 for Gas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iacob A Labano Fugiens
''Iacob a Labano fugiens'' is a 1791 oratorio by Simon Mayr to a libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa for the Conservatorio dei Mendicanti San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti is an ancient church in the sestiere of Castello, Venice, northern Italy, with a facade facing a Rio of the same name. It now serves as the chapel of the Civic Hospital of Venice. History By 1224, a hospital for lep ..., Venice.John Allitt ''Giovanni Simone Mayr: vita, musica, pensiero'' 1995 p376 "1793 Ero (cantata per Bianca Sacchetti, l'ultima direttrice dei Mendicanti, testo di Foppa) Sisara (oratorio in due parti per i Mendicanti, testo di Foppa). 1794 Stabat Mater "a quattro" n. 5 Tobia o Tobiae Matrimonium (oratorio in due parti per i Mendicanti, testo in latino e in italiano di Foppa) La Passione (oratorio in ... 1795 David in Spelunca Engaddi (oratorio in due parti per i Mendicanti, testo di Foppa?) Recordings * ''Iacob a Labano fugiens''. Franz Hauk. 1CD Naxos References {{Authority control 1791 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sisara (Mayr)
''Sisara'' is a 1793 Latin oratorio by Simon Mayr to a libretto by Giuseppe Foppa who also supplied the Latin texts for ''Iacob a Labano fugiens'' (1791) and '' Tobiae matrimonium'' (1794).John Allitt ''Giovanni Simone Mayr: vita, musica, pensiero'' 1995 p376 "1793 Ero (cantata per Bianca Sacchetti, l'ultima direttrice dei Mendicanti, testo di Foppa) Sisara (oratorio in due parti per i Mendicanti, testo di Foppa). 1794 Stabat Mater "a quattro" n. 5 Tobia o Tobiae Matrimonium (oratorio in due parti per i Mendicanti, testo in latino e in italiano di Foppa) La Passione (oratorio in ... 1795 David in Spelunca Engaddi (oratorio in due parti per i Mendicanti, testo di Foppa?) Recording * ''Sisara'' Sisara – Vanessa Barkowski (mezzo-soprano), Jahel – Talia Or Talia Or is an Israeli-born operatic and concert soprano based in Germany. Her repertoire ranges from concert and lied to contemporary music. She is a lecturer on singing at University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobiae Matrimonium
''Tobiae matrimonium, actio sacra pro filiabus chori S. Lazari'' is a 1794 oratorio by Simon Mayr to a Latin libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa Giuseppe Maria Foppa (Venice, 12 July 1760 – Venice, 1 March 1845) was an Italian librettist. He wrote around 150 libretti, mainly for comic operas, as well as Latin oratorio texts and his memoirs.Richard Osborne ''Rossini'' 2007 0199724407 p .... It was the third of Mayr's works written for the Ospedale dei Mendicanti. No exact date or circumstances for the original performance are known.Anja Morgenstern '' Die Oratorien von Johann Simon Mayr (1763-1845) '' 2007 "Tobiae matrimonium (1794) Für diese Azione sacra ist nur das Jahr ihrer Aufführung 1794, nicht aber ein genaues Datum oder ein Anlaß bekannt." Recordings * Raguel - Judith Spiesser (soprano), Anna – Margriet Buchberger (soprano), Sara – Cornelia (soprano), Tobias – Stefanie Iranyi (mezzo), archangel Raphael – Susanne Bernhard (soprano). Simon Mayr Chorus and Ensemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1795 Compositions
Events January–June * January – Central England records its coldest ever month, in the CET records dating back to 1659. * January 14 – The University of North Carolina opens to students at Chapel Hill, becoming the first state university in the United States. * January 16 – War of the First Coalition: Flanders campaign: The French occupy Utrecht, Netherlands. * January 18 – Batavian Revolution in Amsterdam: William V, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic (Republic of the Seven United Netherlands), flees the country. * January 19 – The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in Amsterdam, ending the Dutch Republic (Republic of the Seven United Netherlands). * January 20 – French troops enter Amsterdam. * January 23 – Flanders campaign: Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder: The Dutch fleet, frozen in Zuiderzee, is captured by the French 8th Hussars. * February 7 – The Eleventh Amendment to the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
