Stanislao Mattei
Stanislao Mattei, O.F.M. Conv. (10 February 1750, in Bologna – 17 May 1825, in Bologna), was an Italian Conventual Franciscan friar who was a noted composer, musicologist, and music teacher of his era.[1]
Life
Mattei was born in Bologna, then part of the Papal States, to a family of artisans. At the local Church of St. Francis, he became a pupil of the famed musician, Friar Giovanni Battista Martini, O.F.M. Conv., a member of the Franciscan community attached to the church. He also followed Martini's example and entered the Conventual Franciscans. Following his period of novitiate, he was named his mentor's assistant and substitute conductor of the famed girls choir at the church and succeeded him in that position upon his death in 1784.[2]
Mattei continued as choir director at the Church of St. Francis until 1809. He then moved briefly to Padua, where he served in that function for the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua, operated by his religious Order. This situation was temporary, however as he soon returned to Bologna, where he became the music director at the Church of St. Petronius.[2]
During the occupation of Italy by the French Revolutionary Army, the friary was suppressed and the community of friars scattered. Mattei then went to live with his mother, supporting himself by giving private instruction.[2]
Music
Mattei's music bears a close resemblance to the style of composition of Martini, his mentor.
Mattei himself composed over 300 works of sacred music, a body of work which remains largely unpublished. He also composed some secular vocal pieces and symphonies. In 1804 he was appointed as a professor at the Liceo Musicale di Bologna (now the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini), where he had among his pupils Gaetano Donizetti, Yevstigney Fomin, Angelo Mariani, Giuseppe Vianesi, Francesco Morlacchi, Luigi Felice Rossi, Gioachino Rossini, Giovanni Tadolini, and Christian Theodor Weinlig. See: List of music students by teacher: K to M#Stanislao Mattei.
Selected works
- Oratorio - La passione di Gesù Cristo 1792
References
- ^ Stanislao Mattei at answers.com
- ^ a b c "Cappella musicale". Basilica San Francesco (in Italian).
- CS1 Italian-language sources (it)
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- 1750 births
- 1825 deaths
- 18th-century Italian Roman Catholic priests
- 19th-century Italian Roman Catholic priests
- 19th-century Italian male musicians
- Italian Classical-period composers
- Italian male classical composers
- Italian musicologists
- Italian music theorists
- Conventual Friars Minor
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- Pupils of Giovanni Battista Martini