Fortunato Santini (Rome, 5 January 1777 – Rome, 14 September 1861)Sacrae Musices Cultor et Propagator, Agenda Verlag, Münster 2013. About Santini's birthdate by Markus Engelhardt. was an Italian priest, composer and music collector.

Life

Santini was born in Rome and raised in an

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, where he studied

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with

Giuseppe Jannacconi Giuseppe Jannacconi (Janacconi, Gianacconi; 1740 – 16 March 1816) was an Italian composer, one of the last in the style of Palestrina. Jannaconi was born in Rome, and studied under Don Socorso Rinaldini and Giuseppe Carpani. He is known for sco ...

. Later on he took organ lessons with G. Giudi. Between 1798 and 1801 he studied theology and philosophy and was ordained a priest in 1801. In those years he already started to copy and collect music manuscripts of the

Roman School In music history, the Roman School was a group of composers of predominantly church music, in Rome, during the 16th and 17th centuries, therefore spanning the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. The term also refers to the music they produ ...

. He believed that he would only fully understand these old scores if he were able to copy them. Even in the 19th century it was not easy to understand the complicated handwritten scores of the 16th century. These first copies he made, set up the base for his collection which soon became more and more important. To copy musical compositions, Santini went to look for the originals in the different libraries and archives of Rome's churches and monasteries. Thanks to cardinal

Carlo Odescalchi Carlo Odescalchi, (5 March 1785 – 17 August 1841) was an Italian prince and priest, Archbishop of Ferrara, cardinal of the Catholic Church and Vicar General of the Diocese of Rome. For years a close collaborator of popes Pius VII and Gregory XV ...

, who quartered Santini's collection in his private palace in Rome, Santini had access to private archives held by the Roman nobility, like the

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. In 1820 Santini published a catalog of about a thousand musical scores in his growing collection. This catalog was soon recognized throughout Europe and Santini established contacts with an international range of musicologists, musicians and collectors:

Karl Proske Karl Proske (11 February 1794, Gröbnig (Upper Silesia) – 20 December 1861), was a German Catholic cleric, also known as Carolus Proske and Carl Proske. In his youth, Proske was a medical doctor, and worked for the Prussian military during the 1 ...

, Raphael Georg Kiesewetter,

Carl von Winterfeld Carl Georg Vivigens von WinterfeldBernhard Stockmann MGG 2016 (28 January 1784 – 19 February 1852) was a German lawyer and musicologist. He studied music from the 16th to 18th centuries, and was instrumental in reviving it, especially the music ...

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and

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include sy ...

. In 1835, through cardinal Odescalchi, Santini became a member of the Congregazione e Accademia di Santa Cecilia; in 1837 of the

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, in 1845 of the

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in Salzburg and in 1840 of the French ''Comité historique des arts et monuments du Ministére de l'Instruction Publique''. When in 1838 cardinal Odescalchi decided to give up his title of

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to become a simple member of the

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s, Santini moved with his library to an apartment close to the church of

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, the

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of the whole

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in Rome and henceforth the national church of Germany and hospice of German-speaking people in Rome. There, Santini started to organize weekly private music soirées where pieces from his precious collection were executed. Mainly vocal

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in German by

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and Graun who were mostly unknown in Italy in those days. To make German texts more comprehensible he translated them into Italian or into

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. Between 1830 and 1840 Santini's economic condition became difficult and he considered for the first time selling his collection which then numbered 4.500 handwritten and 1.200 printed scores. All important libraries in Europe,

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, Paris,

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and

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were interested. But only in 1855, did Santini convey it to the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Münster The Diocese of Münster is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany.

. The exact amount paid is something of a mystery. The only thing certain is that Santini received, in addition to the amount of the sale, an annuity of 465

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paid quarterly. At first, the music collection was deposited in rooms at the

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, the German cemetery in Rome. Only a year after Santini's death on 14 September 1861, was his library transported, piece by piece, by donkey cart to

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In Münster the collection was deposited in the Episcopal Museum of Christian antiquities and fell into disuse and was forgotten for many years. Only in the beginning of the 20th century Santini's library was rediscovered by the English musicologist Edward Dent. In 1923 the Bishop loaned Santini's library to the

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, where the collection could be properly catalogued and analyzed. During

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two-thirds of the University library were destroyed and the card catalogues were burned. Santini's library however escaped damage. After the first bombardments – as a safety measure – the collection had been moved to a Bishop's country residence. Today the Santini Collection is in the new library of the diocese of Münster. Here the precious manuscripts are deposited in a proper manner and can be consulted by all. Santini composed

which even today is unpublished. Some of his handwritten letters and scores are also kept in the library of the

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, liceo musicale di Bologna

Literature

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', Rom 1842 * Alessandro Carcano:
Discorso per la inaugurazione del busto in cui per le cure dell’ egregio D. Fortunato Santini, dallo scultore Pietro Galli venne effigiato con mirabile eccellenza d’arte il sommo compositore Giov. Pierluigi da Palestrina detto il principe della musica; letto in Roma il giorno 29 febraro 1844 nella biblioteca Santini
', Rom 1845 * Vladimir Stassoff:
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Friedrich Smend Friedrich Smend (26 August 1893 – 10 February 1980) was a German Protestant theologian and librarian at the Preußische Staatsbibliothek in Berlin, publishing a catalogue of the writings of Adolf von Harnack. He was a liturgist, teaching as prof ...

: „Zur Kenntnis des Musikers Fortunato Santini“, in: ''Westfälische Studien. Beiträge zur Geschichte der Wissenschaft, Kunst und Literatur in Westfalen. Alois Bömer zum 60. Geburtstag gewidmet'', hrsg. von Hermann Degering und Walter Menn, Leipzig 1928, S. 90–98 * Heinrich Stute: ''Studien über den Gebrauch der Instrumente in dem italienischen Kirchenorchester des 18. Jahrhunderts. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der instrumental begleiteten Messe in Italien. Auf Grund des Materials in der Santini-Bibliothek zu Münster i.W.'', Münster 1929 * Karl Gustav Fellerer: ''Die musikalischen Schätze der Santinischen Sammlung. Führer durch die Ausstellung der Universitätsbibliothek Münster anlässlich des III. Westfälischen Musikfestes in Münster i. Westf. vom 15. bis 17. Juni 1929'', Münster 1929 * Karl Gustav Fellerer: „Fortunato Santini als Sammler u. Bearbeiter Händelscher Werke“, in the ''

Händel-Jahrbuch The ''Händel-Jahrbuch'' (HJb) is a music scientific journal dedicated to the composer George Frideric Handel. It is published annually by the international Handel-Gesellschaft in conjunction with the foundation Handel House in Halle. The "scien ...

'' 2 (1929), * Karl Gustav Fellerer: ''„''Bachs Johannes-Passion in der lateinischen Fassung Fortunato Santinis''“'', in: ''Festschrift

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'', edited by

Walther Vetter Walther Hermann Vetter (10 May 1891 – 1 April 1967) was a German musicologist. From 1946 to 1958, he was professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Life Born in Berlin, Vetter, Lutheran, was the son of the Kapellmeister Johannes Vetter ...

, Leipzig 1955, S. 139–145 * Rudolf Ewerhart: „Die Händel-Handschriften der Santini-Bibliothek in Münster“, in: ''Händel-Jahrbuch'' 6 (1960), S. 111–150 * Rudolf Ewerhart: ''Die Bischöfliche Santini-Bibliothek'' (Das schöne Münster 35), Münster 1962 * Vladimir Féderov: „V. V. Stasov chez l’abb. F. Santini à Rome“, in: ''Festschrift Anthony van Hoboken zum 75. Geburtstag'', edited by

Joseph Schmidt-Görg Joseph Schmidt-Görg (born Schmidt 19 March 1897 – 3 April 1981) was a German musicologist, composer and music editor. As a researcher at the University of Bonn and director of the Beethoven Archive, he is regarded as one of the leading Beethov ...

, Mainz 1962, * Vladimir Féderov: „A propos de quelques lettres de Santini à Bottée de Toulmon“, in ''Festschrift Karl Gustav Fellerer zum sechzigsten Geburtstag am 7. Juli 1962. Überreicht von Freunden und Schülern'', hrsg. von Heinrich Hüschen, Regensburg 1962, S. 128–136 * Rudolf Ewerhart: ''Artikel „Santini“, in: Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart'', Band 11, Kassel, Basel, London, New York 1963, Sp. 1381–1383 * Keiichiro Watanabe: „Die Kopisten der Handschriften von den Werken G. F. Händels in der Santini-Bibliothek, Münster“, in: ''Ongaku Gaku'' 16 (1970), S. 225–262 * I. Medvedeva und S. Sigida: Fortunato Santini (1778–1862): Sobranie notnych rukopisej; annotirovannyj ukazatel’; fond imen’ych kollekcij biblioteki konservatorii; iz sobranija russkogo diplomata A. Ja. Skarjatina (Fortunato Santini (1778–1862): Sammlung der Notenmanuskripte; annotiertes Verzeichnis; Personalsammlungen-Bestand der Bibliothek des Kons.; aus der Sammlung des russ. Diplomaten A. J. Skarjatin), Moskau 1974 * Klaus Kindler
„Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke Giuseppe Jannaconis (1740–1816) in der Santini-Sammlung in Münster (Westfalen)“
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'', Kassel u. a. 1983, * Richard Schaal: „Die Briefpartner des Wiener Musikforschers Aloys Fuchs“, in: ''Mozart-Jahrbuch'' (1989/90), S. 149–217 *

Hans Joachim Marx Hans Joachim Marx (born 16 December 1935) is a German music historian. He has been professor of European music history at the University of Hamburg. Life Born in Leipzig, Marx first studied music at the Academy of Music in Leipzig. In 1956 he es ...

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', Magisterarbeit, Münster 2005 * Andrea Ammendola: Artikel „Santini, Fortunato“'', in: Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart'', 2. Aufl., Personenteil 14, Kassel 2005, Sp. 942–944 * Andrea Ammendola
„Fortunato Santinis Bearbeitung von Carl Heinrich Grauns Der Tod Jesu als Beispiel der Pflege deutscher geistlicher Musik in Italien des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts“
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„,… per farne conoscere il merito‘. Händels Judas Maccabaeus in der Santini-Sammlung (Münster)“
in: ''Gewalt – Bedrohung – Krieg: Georg Friedrich Händels Judas Maccabaeus. Interdisziplinäre Studien'', hrsg. von Dominik Höink und Jürgen Heidrich, Göttingen 2010, S. 125–147 * Peter Schmitz: „Eine wenig bekannte Facette. Überlegungen zum kompositorischen Schaffen Fortunato Santinis“, in ''Musiktheorie.

Zeitschrift für Musikwissenschaft The ''Zeitschrift für Musikwissenschaft'' was a musicology magazine which was published by Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig, from 1918 to 1935. It was edited by the German Music Society or German Society for Musicology. Since its first publicatio ...

'' 25 (2010), S. 177–188 * Peter Schmitz und Andrea Ammendola (Hrsg.): ''Sammeln – Komponieren – Bearbeiten. Der römische Abbate Fortunato Santini im Spiegel seines Schaffens'' usstellungskatalog zur gleichnamigen Ausstellung in der Diözesanbibliothek Münster vom 15. September bis 31. Dezember 2011 Münster 2011 * Andrea Ammendola
„Von Rom nach Münster: Zur Geschichte der Santini-Sammlung“
in: ''Sammeln – Komponieren – Bearbeiten. Der römische Abbate Fortunato Santini im Spiegel seines Schaffens'' usstellungskatalog zur gleichnamigen Ausstellung in der Diözesanbibliothek Münster vom 15. September bis 31. Dezember 2011 Münster 2011, S. 40–47 * Andrea Ammendola
„„Per l’esercizio di Musica sagra Antica“: Fortunato Santini als Sammler vokalpolyphoner Werke“
in: ''Sammeln – Komponieren – Bearbeiten. Der römische Abbate Fortunato Santini im Spiegel seines Schaffens'' usstellungskatalog zur gleichnamigen Ausstellung in der Diözesanbibliothek Münster vom 15. September bis 31. Dezember 2011 Münster 2011, S. 66–69 * Andrea Ammendola
„„...per farne conoscere il merito“. Fortunato Santinis Bearbeitungspraxis“
in: ''Sammeln – Komponieren – Bearbeiten. Der römische Abbate Fortunato Santini im Spiegel seines Schaffens'' usstellungskatalog zur gleichnamigen Ausstellung in der Diözesanbibliothek Münster vom 15. September bis 31. Dezember 2011 Münster 2011, S. 93–97 * Anthony Hart
„A re-evaluation of the manuscripts of the keyboard sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti in the Santini collection in Münster“
in: ''studi musicali'' 2011, S. 49–66 * Ulrich Grimpe: „Fortunato Santini. Münsters bedeutendster Musikaliensammler“, in: ''Neue Töne'' (2012/1), S. 9–12 * Peter Schmitz: „Fortunato Santini und die römische Händel-Pflege in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts“, in: ''Händel-Jahrbuch'' 58 (2012), S. 253–270 * Peter Schmitz: „,Questo Omero dell’italiana musica‘: Bemerkungen zur römischen Palestrina-Rezeption im Umfeld des Abbate Fortunato Santini“, in: ''Kirchenmusikalisches Jahrbuch'' 96 (2012), S. 49–62 * Michael Werthmann: ''Zwischen konventionellem A-cappella-Ideal und kompositorischer Individualität: Studien zu Fortunato Santinis Requiemvertonungen'', 2 Bde., maschr. Masterarbeit, Münster 2012 (Exemplar in: D-MÜms, D2 Sant 1050:1-2) * Andrea Ammendola und Peter Schmitz (Hrsg.): ''„Sacrae Musices Cultor et Propagator“. Internationale Tagung zum 150. Todesjahr des Musiksammlers, Komponisten und Bearbeiters Fortunato Santini'', Tagungsbericht Münster 14.–16. September 2011, Münster 2013 * Andrea Ammendola
„Fortunato Santinis Tu es Petrus-Vertonungen“
in: ''„Sacrae Musices Cultor et Propagator“. Internationale Tagung zum 150. Todesjahr des Musiksammlers, Komponisten und Bearbeiters Fortunato Santini'', Tagungsbericht Münster 14.–16. September 2011, Münster 2013, S. 114–142 * Andrea Ammendola und Peter Schmitz
„Dokumente aus der Santini-Sammlung und dem Universitätsarchiv Münster“
in: ''„Sacrae Musices Cultor et Propagator“. Internationale Tagung zum 150. Todesjahr des Musiksammlers, Komponisten und Bearbeiters Fortunato Santini'', Tagungsbericht Münster 14.–16. September 2011, Münster 2013, S. 300–353 * Andrea Ammendola
Art. „Santini, Fortunato“
in: ''Lexikon der Kirchenmusik'' (= Enzyklopädie der Kirchenmusik 6/2), edited by

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and Michael Zywietz, Bd. 2, Laaber 2013, S. 1195–1196. * Andrea Ammendola
„Längst aus dem ‚Dornröschenschlaf‘ erwacht – Fortunato Santinis Musiksammlung in Münster“
, in: ''Forum Musikbibliothek'' 39 (2018/1), S. 7–19 * Kirsten Krumeich: „,Musica Sacra, e Profana ... raccolta con sommo incommodo‘ – Schriftspuren des Sammlers Fortunato Santini“, in: ''klang*erbe – schrift*kultur. Max von Droste-Hülshoffs unbekannte Noten in der Diözesanbibliothek Münster'' (= ad fontem salientem, Schriften der Diözesanbibliothek Münster, Bd. 2), edited by Kirsten Krumeich, Münster 2018, S. 54–75

Film

* ''

Santini's Network Santini's Network (original title: ''La Rete di Santini'') (2014) is a biographical film by German filmmaker Georg Brintrup on the life of Roman music collector Fortunato Santini (1777–1861) and how his famous private assembly of manuscript sco ...

'' (La rete di Santini, Italy/Germany 2014), director: Georg Brintrup with

Renato Scarpa Renato Scarpa (14 September 1939 – 30 December 2021) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 85 films from 1969 to 2019. Scarpa died on 30 December 2021, at the age of 82. Selected filmography * '' St. Michael Had a Rooster'' (1972) * '' ...

as Fortunato Santini

References

External links

''Diözesanbibliothek Münster, Santini-Collection''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Santini, Fortunato 1778 births 1861 deaths Italian male classical composers Musicians from Rome