Giacomo Giuseppe Saratelli (1682-1762) was an Italian organist, composer and

maestro di cappella (, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...

Life

He was born and raised in

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, where he premiered his first work (an oratorio) in 1699 and was trained as an organist. He moved to

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in 1714 and in 1736 succeeded

Antonio Lotti Antonio Lotti (5 January 1667 – 5 January 1740) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. Biography Lotti was born in Venice, although his father Matteo was ''Kapellmeister'' at Hanover at the time. Oral tradition says that in 1682, Lotti be ...

as chief organist at

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in Venice. In 1740 he became Vice Maestro of the

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. From

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he was choirmaster of Venice's Ospedale dei Mendicanti, one of the era's most prestigious music schools. In 1747 he became Maestro di Cappella at St Mark's, a post he held until his death in Venice in 1762.

Works

Sacred music

* 150 psalm settings, including: ** ''Laudate pueri'' (

Psalm 112 Psalm 112 is the 112th psalm of the biblical Book of Psalms, a psalm "in praise of the virtuous". This psalm, along with Psalm 111, is acrostic by phrase, that is, each 7-9 syllable phrase begins with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet in order. Ps ...

), for choir, orchestra and basso continuo ** ''Ad Dominum cum tribularer'' (

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) ** ''Levavi oculos meos'' (

Psalm 120 Psalm 120 is the 120th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in the English of the King James Version: "In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me". In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vul ...

) ** ''Ad te levavi oculos meos'' (

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) ** ''Nisi quia Dominus'' (

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) ** ''Qui confidunt'' (

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) * Oratorios: ** ''La regina Ester'' (''Queen Esther'') ** ''Maddalena Conversio'' (''Mary Magdalene Converted''; libretto by

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) * ''Veni creator spiritus'' (''Come Creator Spirit''; for three voices) * A collection of important

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for harpsichord or organ (surviving copies now in Venice, Milan, Münster, Berlin and Munich)Scores and libretti by Giacomo Giuseppe Saratelli
on the ''

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'', Project Petrucci LLC.

References

1682 births 1762 deaths 18th-century Italian composers Italian Baroque composers Italian male classical composers Italian organists Italian choral conductors Musicians from Bologna Cappella Marciana maestri {{Italy-music-bio-stub