Giuseppe Paolucci (1726-1776) - Sinfonia a quattro

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Composer: Giuseppe Paolucci (1726-1776)
Work: Sinfonia a quattro
Performers: Symphonia Perusina

Drawing: Carlo Galli Bibiena (1721-c.1787) - Interior of a Gallery (c.1750)
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(Padre) Giuseppe Paolucci
(Siena, 25 May 1726 - Assisi, 24 April 1776)

Italian composer and theorist. He studied in Bologna with Padre Martini during the 1750s and like him was a member of the Franciscan order. Eight sacred works from this period (1752-1756) are in the Bologna Conservatory library. About 150 letters from Paolucci to Martini are evidence of their close friendship. Between 1756 and 1769 he was maestro di cappella at S Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice, and from August 1770 until January 1772 at S Martino in Senigallia. He then worked at S Francesco in Assisi until his death. Paolucci is best known for his treatise Arte pratica di contrappunto (Venice, 1765-1772), which served as a model for Martini’s Esemplare ossia Saggio fondamentale pratico di contrappunto (Bologna, 1774-1775). While Martini concentrated almost exclusively on the 16th century, Paolucci used a number of examples from the 18th, including one by Handel, as well as a passing reference to J.S. Bach. There is no detailed study of Paolucci’s music, which includes more than 200 sacred works (primarily for chorus, soloists and orchestra) and a few instrumental pieces. He published Preces octo vocibus concinendae in oratione quadraginta horarum (Venice, 1767) #ClassicalMusic