Mario Savioni
Mario Savioni (born 1608 in Rome, died 22 April 1685) was an Italian composer and a male alto of the Baroque era.
Mario Savioni

Benedetto Luti · Osservazioni per ben regolare il coro de i cantori della Cappella Pontificia: Tanto nelle Funzioni ordinarie, che straordinarie, p. 202 · Public domain
- Name
- Mario Savioni
- Born
- 1608 in Rome
- Died
- 22 April 1685
- Occupation
- composer · opera singer
- Movements
- Baroque music
- Languages
- Italian
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Mario Savioni (born 1608 in Rome, died 22 April 1685) was an Italian composer and a male alto of the Baroque era.
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• Name — Mario Savioni • Born — 1608 in Rome • Died — 22 April 1685
Biography
Biography
Savioni receives training as a choirboy under the direction of Vincenzo Ugolini at San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome from 1617 to 1621. In 1621, he sang as a boy soprano at the Cappella Giulia of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City, and later as an alto in 1626. In September 1631, he returns to San Luigi dei Francesi to work with Ugolino as his assistant. At San Luigi, he received higher salary than the other singers. From 1638, he worked with Orazio Benevoli, the Kapellmeister of Cappella Giulia. The collaboration ends in 1644, when he was appointed as the Kapellmeister at San Luigi. Savioni also worked closely with Luigi Rossi, the organist of San Luigi who is also a composer. On 22 February 1642, Savioni sang the role of Alceste in Rossi's Il Palazzo incantato at Teatro delle Quattro Fontane (Palazzo Barberini). It was during this time that he became closed to Cardinal Antonio Barberini. Recognized by his talent, in the same year, Savioni was accepted into Papal chorus, and in 1659, was appointed as the maestro di cappella. He served there until 1668.
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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded as human. Institutional cataloguing adds that mario Savioni is recorded with the occupation composer. Institutional cataloguing adds that mario Savioni is recorded with the gender male. The record continues: mario Savioni was born on 1 January 1608. Savioni died on 22 April 1685. Associated with Baroque music.
Composition works
Savioni was one of the most prolific Italian cantata composers during baroque era. His works consist of large-scale cantata with several arias and recitatives. He composed about 180 cantatas, numerous motets, madrigals, Oratorio per ogni tempo and a spiritual opera in three acts, S. Agnese (libretto by Domenico Benigni), which was performed at the Palazzo Pamphilj in 1651.
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• Concerti morali, e spirituali, a tre voci differenti (Rome, 1660) • Madrigali morali, e spirituali, a cinque voci concertati (Rome, 1668) • Madrigali morali, e Concerti, a tre voci differenti (Rome, 1672) • Motetti a voce sola op. 4 (Rome, 1676)
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- 1.Mario Savioni. mario-savioni. Orietta Sartori. 2017. 90.
- 2.«...fanciulletto di anni dodici [...] fece conoscere con l’affettuoso cantare e con l’attitudine de’ gesti quanto buon maestro egli avesse avuto, e quanto fossero in lui gli anni dal senno avanzati...»
- 3.«Lo Status animarum di San Pietro, secondo il quale nel 1623 Savioni aveva 17 anni, conferma la data di nascita ricavabile dall’atto di morte».
- 4.Saverio. Drammaturgia romana. Repertorio bibliografico cronologico dei testi drammatici pubblicati a Roma e nel Lazio - Secolo XVII. Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura. Anno 1988. 9788884989505.
- 5.Divenuto poi papa Clemente IX.
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