Lorenzo Ratti
Lorenzo Ratti (c. 1589–1630) was an Italian baroque composer originating from Perugia. His uncle and teacher was Vincenzo Ugolini.
Lorenzo Ratti
Ratti, Lorenzo (1590?-1630). Compositeur · Bibliothèque nationale de France · Public domain
- Died
- 1630
- Occupation
- composer
- Movement
- Baroque
- Born
- 1590 · Perugia.
- Movements
- Baroque music
- Teachers
- Vincenzo Ugolini
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Lorenzo Ratti (c. 1589–1630) was an Italian baroque composer originating from Perugia. His uncle and teacher was Vincenzo Ugolini.
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He was the predecessor of Giacomo Carissimi at the Collegium Germanicum and a teacher of Orazio Benevoli.
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Ratti, Lorenzo (1590?-1630). Compositeur · Bibliothèque nationale de France
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Ratti, Lorenzo (1590?-1630). Compositeur · Bibliothèque nationale de France
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• Died — 1630 • Occupation — composer • Employer — San Luigi dei Francesi, Collegio Teutonico • Movement — Baroque • Relatives — Vincenzo Ugolini (uncle)
Biography
Biography
Ratti's exact place and date of birth is unclear. He was born around 1589 or 1590 to Girolamo and Isapaola Ugolini. Some sources, such as Belgian musicologist François-Joseph Fétis, point to a village called Loreto in the surrounding of Naples as his place of birth, but German musicologist Robert Eitner claims Perugia to be Ratti's place of birth. He was first mentioned in 1598–1599 as a boy soprano of the Cappella Giulia of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and later was its third organist. For a short time he was the first organist of the Perugia Cathedral (1613–1616). Returning to Rome, he became the music director of several ensembles. His best known jobs were at the San Luigi dei Francesi as the teacher of Orazio Benevoli and as music director at the Collegium Germanicum at S. Loreto. Later, he succeeded Antonio Cifra as the director of music at Santa Casa in Loreto. Ratti is believed to have died in 1630, but sheet of music from 1632 purportedly signed by him has cast doubt on this.
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1590
Lorenzo Ratti born at Perugia.
1630
Lorenzo Ratti died at Loreto.
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He composed a number of sacral works. Well known are his six Gospel Dialogues for the oratory. He is claimed to have composed 157 motets. Furthermore, he created a so-called dramma harmonico: • Missa Zacharia a 16 • 6 Dialogues for the Oratory • Sacrae modulationes 1628 • Il Ciclope overo Della vendetta d’Apolline Eitner also mentioned several works, including their state of conservation and their location (partly translated and shortened): • Motecta 2, 3, 4 et 5 voc. lib. 1.; Roma 1617 Zanetti., Caecilia in Rome complete. B. B: C 1. 2. B. • Sacrae Modulationes nunc primum in lucem editae Pars I./II., (not complete), Bologna, Kremsmünster, 1628 Aless. Vincentius • Litaniae beatiss. V. M. 5, 6, 7, 8 et 12 voc. una c. B. ad org. Ven. 1630 Aless. Vincentius • Cantica Salomonis. Binis, ternis, 4nis, acquinis vocibus concinenda. 1632 • Di Lorenzo R... nepote e discepolo di Vinc. Ugolini. Il 1. lib. de Madrigali a 5 voci, 1615 G. Vincenti. Neapel. • Alfieri, Bd.2, S. 65. Jesu cordis solatium 5 voc. • O Domine Jesu Christe, (2 copies). • Cap. lat.: Missa sine nom. a 4 cori (4 Org. u. 4 voci per coro). • Cap. sistina, Cod. 220, Ecce panis angelicus 5 voc. • Kremsmünster, Cod. Lechler "einige Tonsätze" (= "some compositions"). • "In alten Samlwk. im Druck" (collection to be printed): In Dom. Bianchi's Sacrarum modulat. 1642: Transfige. — In Sammaruco's Sacri affetti 1625: Salve virgo sacra parens 4 voc. concert.
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- 1.François Joseph Fétis, Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique, Tome Premier, Bruxelles 1837, p.135
- 2.Howard E. Smither A history of the oratorio p218 - 1977 "The performance of such music during Mass is by no means out of the question, for as early as 1618 Lorenzo Ratti, Carissimi's predecessor at the German College, had indicated that some of his dialogues were intended to be substitutes ..."
- 3.Musical humanism and its legacy: essays in honor of Claude V. Palisca p290 Claude V. Palisca, Nancy Kovaleff Baker, Barbara Russano Hanning - 1992 until he succeeded in appointing Lorenzo Ratti (c. 1590-1630) in 1620. Ratti, though absent for one interval of nearly two years, remained in office until 1628. Rector Castorio must have encouraged him to carry on and extend the use of ...
- 4.The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians: Stanley Sadie, John Tyrrell - 2001
- 5.https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/lorenzo-ratti_(Dizionario-Biografico)/, Noel O'Regan - Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 86 (2016), RATTI, Lorenzo
- 6.Robert Eitner: Biographisch-bibliographisches Quellen-Lexikon der Musiker und Musikgelehrten. 1. Band. Breitkopf & Haertel, Leipzig 1900, S. 445 f. ( ).
- 7.Robert Eitner; Biographisch - Bibliographisches. Quellen-Lexikon. der. Musiker und Musikgelehrten. der. christlichen Zeitrechnung bis zur Mitte des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, 8. Band. Po—Scheiffler, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Haertel. 1903, p.136
- 8.Studien zur italienisch-deutschen Musikgeschichte: Friedrich Lippmann SIX GOSPEL DIALOGUES FOR THE OFFERTORY BY LORENZO RATTI ed. by Regina Chauvin (New Orleans) Few details are known about Lorenzo Ratti's1 life and ... 2) For more biographical information see: Paul Kast, Lorenzo Ratti, in: MGG, XI, col. ...
- 9.Jesuits and music ...: A study of the musicians connected with the ...Thomas D. Culley - 1970 - After Costa's departure, Lorenzo Ratti returned for another term as maestro di cappella. ... There it was noted: "To Signor Lorenzo Ratti, maestro di cappella, [for] his provision . . . fifty- seven [scudi]" (Doc. 209). ...
- 10.Listening as Spiritual Practice in Early Modern Italy p23 Andrew Dell'Antonio - 2011 The most substantial collection of concerted music for the Mass Proper— the Sacrae modulationes published by Lorenzo Ratti, chapel master at the Jesuit Collegio Germanico, in 1628, probably under Barberini sponsorship— contains a full
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Oratorios of the Italian baroque, I, a cura di H.E. Smither, Laaber 1985, pp. 172–231
- Robert Eitner: Biographisch-bibliographisches Quellen-Lexikon der Musiker und Musikgelehrten. Breitkopf & Haertel, Leipzig 1900
- F. J. Fétis, Biogr. univ. des musiciens, Paris 1873
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His work is associated with Baroque music. Recorded positions include titular organist and chapelmaster. He worked at Rome.
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