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Benedetto Ferrari (ca. 1603 – 1681) was an Italian composer, particularly of opera, librettist, and theorbo player.
Ferrari was born in Reggio nell'Emilia. He worked in Rome (1617–1618), Parma (1619–1623), and possibly in Questions of Authorship in Josquin, Monteverdi, and Mozart: Documentary versus Stylistic Evidence
By Jillian Andersen. University of Puget Sound. Sound Ideas. Summer Research 2012. Ferrari went to Vienna in 1651, serving the emperor Ferdinand III. Upon returning to Modena in 1653 he was appointed court choirmaster. His post was eliminated in 1662 but reinstated in 1674, after which he served until his death at Modena. Many sources recount his virtuosity as a theorbo player. None of his operatic music survives. Extant works include libretti, an oratorio, and three books of monodies under the title ''Musiche varie a voce sola'' (Venice 1633, 1637, 1641). Though the last were composed within a relatively short time span, they reflect the changing style of accompanied monody, from the emergence of ''recitar cantando'' (midway between song and speech) to the vocal style that is typical of mid-17th century opera, with a more distinctive melody and a clearer rhythm.
Benedetto Ferrari (ca. 1603 – 1681) was an Italian composer, particularly of opera, librettist, and theorbo player.
Ferrari was born in Reggio nell'Emilia. He worked in Rome (1617–1618), Parma (1619–1623), and possibly in Modena
Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...
at some time between 1623 and 1637. He created music and libretti in Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
and Bologna, 1637–1644. Ferrari's ''Andromeda'', with music by Francesco Manelli, was the first Venetian opera performed in a public theatre (in 1637). Subsequently, he provided both the text and the music for two operas, both presented in Venice: ''La maga fulminata'' (1638) and ''Il pastor regio'' (1640). The 1641 Bolognese staging of the latter included, as its final duet, the text "Pur ti miro, pur ti godo," which was later reused, possibly with Ferrari's music, for the final duet in the surviving manuscripts of Monteverdi's '' L'Incoronazione di Poppea''.By Jillian Andersen. University of Puget Sound. Sound Ideas. Summer Research 2012. Ferrari went to Vienna in 1651, serving the emperor Ferdinand III. Upon returning to Modena in 1653 he was appointed court choirmaster. His post was eliminated in 1662 but reinstated in 1674, after which he served until his death at Modena. Many sources recount his virtuosity as a theorbo player. None of his operatic music survives. Extant works include libretti, an oratorio, and three books of monodies under the title ''Musiche varie a voce sola'' (Venice 1633, 1637, 1641). Though the last were composed within a relatively short time span, they reflect the changing style of accompanied monody, from the emergence of ''recitar cantando'' (midway between song and speech) to the vocal style that is typical of mid-17th century opera, with a more distinctive melody and a clearer rhythm.
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*Fuller-Maitland, John Alexander and George Fox (1880). ''A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880)''. London: Macmillan. *Lee, E. M. (1909). ''The Story of Opera''. New York: Scribner's. *Smith, C. S. (1948). ''Makers of Opera''. New York: H. Bittner. 1600s births 1681 deaths Italian male classical composers Italian Baroque composers Italian opera librettists Theorbists 17th-century Italian composers Italian male dramatists and playwrights 17th-century male musicians {{Italy-composer-stub