Fray Bonaventura Rubino (c. 1600–1668) was an Italian composer. According to his publications, his origin of "Montecchio di Lombardia" probably indicates that he was from Montecchio in

Darfo Boario Terme Darfo Boario Terme ( Camunian: ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, northern Italy. The name combines Darfo, the ''capoluogo'', with Boario Terme, the largest ''frazione''. It is bounded by the communes of Angolo Terme, Art ...

, one hour east of

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. He was ''maestro di cappella'' at the

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from 1643 to 1665. Rubino's 1644 ''Vespro dello Stellario'' was reconstructed in 1996Colisani ''Vespro dello Stellario'' 1996 and subsequently performed by 120 musicians, four organs and a large group of vocal soloists, in 12 choirs and with the instrumental groups laid out in a star formation.

Works

*Op. 1 ''Vespro della Beata Vergine - Prima parte del tesoro armonico'' Palermo, 1645 *Op. 2 ''Messa, e Salmi A Otto Voci, Concertati nel Primo Choro di Fr. Bonaventura Rubino da Montecchio di Lombardia.'' 1651 *Op. 3 ''Il primo libro de motetti concertati a due, tre, quattro, e cinque voct. Di F. Bonaventura Rubino da Montechio di Lombardia Min F. dedicati all'illustriss. et eccellentiss. signor D. Fr. Martin de Leon, et Cardenas arcivescovo di Palermo'' 1651 *Op. 4 ''Il secondo libro de mottetti a due, tre, quattro, e cinque voa, con una Messa de morti 'nelfine a 5 concertata'' 1653 - edition together with the requiem of

Mario Capuana Mario Capuana (1576 in Sicily – 4 May 1647 in Noto) was an Italian composer of motets and a requiem. He was ''maestro di capella'' at the Cathedral of Noto in the Province of Syracuse from 1628 to his death in 1647. In the years before and imme ...

(1650), 1999. *Op. 5 ''Salmi Varii Variamente Concertati con Sinfonie d'obligo, et a beneplacito di F. Bonaventura Rubino da Montecchio di Lombardia.''

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. 1655. 23 settings of 9 psalms. *Op. 6 ''Salmi'' *Op. 7 ''Salmi'' 1658

Recordings

*''Vespro per lo Stellario''. Vocal ensemble of th
Studio di Musica Antica Antonio Il Verso
Palermo
Coro G.P. Palestrina
of Messina; Ensemble Eufonia of Palermo
Ensemble Mille Regretz
of

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; Les Rossignols de Poznan.

Ensemble Elyma Ensemble Elyma is an early music ensemble specialising in the baroque musical heritage of Latin America, led by Gabriel Garrido. Selected discography SeDiscography* 1991 Sigismondo d'India ''Arie, madrigali e baletti'' María Cristina Kiehr, Nadia ...

. Direction:

Gabriel Garrido Gabriel Garrido is an Argentinian conductor specialising in Italian baroque and the recovery of the baroque musical heritage of Latin America. Garrido was born 1950 in Buenos Aires, and at the age of 17 with the Argentine recorder quartet, Pro Arte ...

, K617. 2CD
Bonaventura Rubino, Vepres du Stellario de Palermo, YouTube

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rubino, Bonaventura 1600s births 1668 deaths Year of birth uncertain Italian male classical composers 17th-century Italian composers Italian Baroque composers Italian Baroque Italian Franciscans People from Darfo Boario Terme