Melani A. Lowman Walton
Melani may refer to: * Alessandro Melani (1639–1703), composer * Atto Melani (1626–1714), castrato singer, diplomat, spy and writer * Jacopo Melani (1623–1676), composer and organist See also * Stadio Marcello Melani Stadio Marcello Melani is the main stadium in Pistoia, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of U.S. Pistoiese 1921. The stadium holds 13,195. History The Stadio Comunale di Pistoia was opened 25 June 1966 ...

Alessandro Melani
Alessandro Melani (4 February 1639 – 3 October 1703) was an Italian composer and the brother of composer Jacopo Melani, and castrato singer Atto Melani. Along with Bernardo Pasquini and Alessandro Scarlatti, he was one of the leading composers active in Rome during the 17th century. He is also ranked among the second school of Roman opera composers which began with his brother's 1668 opera '' Il Girello''. He is chiefly remembered today for his large output of liturgical music that he wrote while serving in various musical posts in Rome. Of particular interest is the large number of polychoral motets that he produced and his eight ascribed oratorios. Three published collections of his liturgical music survive today along with numerous solitary motets from other published volumes. A number of original manuscripts also survive. Biography Born in Pistoia, Melani began singing at the Pistoia Cathedral at the age of 11, remaining there for ten years until he became ''maestro di ca ...
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Atto Melani
Atto Melani (30 March 1626, in Pistoia – 4 January 1714, in Paris) was a famous Italian castrato opera singer, also employed as a diplomat and a spy. Life Melani was born in Pistoia, the third of seven sons of a local bell-ringer. He was castrated at a young age so that he could become a singer. Three other brothers also became castrati, along with two cousins. His brothers Alessandro Melani and Jacopo Melani both became celebrated composers. He soon attracted the patronage of nobleman Mattias de' Medici. Roger Freitas argues that the "circumstantial evidence is convincing" that Melani has an affair with Duke Carlo II of Mantua: Melani indicated that "both men had sex with the same (unidentified) page at the court of Innsbruck".Roger Freitas, "The Eroticism of Emasculation: Confronting the Baroque Body of the Castrato" in ''The Journal of Musicology'', Vol. 20, No. 2. (Spring, 2003), pp. 196-249. Atto first sang between 1636 and 1643 in the choir of the Cathedral of Pistoia. ...
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Jacopo Melani
Jacopo Melani (6 July 1623 – 18 August 1676) was an Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque era. He was born and died in Pistoia, and was the brother of composer Alessandro Melani and singer Atto Melani. Works *1655-6: Intermedi (with ''La donna più costante''), Florence, Cocomero *1657: '' Il potestà di Colognole'' (''La Tancia'') (libretto G. A. Moniglia), dramma civile rusticale, Florence, Teatro della Pergola *1657: ''Scipione in Cartagine'' (libretto Moniglia?), dramma musicale, Florence, Cocomero *1658: ''Il pazzo per forza'' (libretto G. A. Moniglia), dramma civile rusticale, Florence, Teatro della Pergola *1659: ''Il vecchio balordo'' (''Il vecchio burlato'') (libretto Moniglia), dramma civile, Florence, Teatro della Pergola *1661: ''Ercole in Tebe'' (libretto G. A. Moniglia), festa teatrale The term ''festa teatrale'' (Italian: , plural: ''feste teatrali'' ) refers to a genre of drama, and of opera in particular. The genre cannot be rigidly defined, and in ...
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