Johann Simon Mayr (1763-1845) - Messa a 4 (1823)
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Composer: Johann Simon Mayr (1763-1845)
Work: Messa (do minore) a 4 (1823)
Performers: Marina Ulеwicz (soprano); Christa Mayеr (mezzo-soprano); Thomas Coolеy (tenor); Thomas Groppеr (bass);
Vokalensemble Ingolstаdt; Georgisches Kammerorchester Ingolstаdt; Franz Hаuk (conductor)
Messa a 4 (1823)
1. Kyrie 0:00
2. Gloria 6:59
3. Credo 18:28
4. Sanctus 34:39
5. Benedictus 36:57
6. Agnus Dei 41:10
Painting: Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783-1853) - Moses lader Det Røde Hav vende tilbage og Faraos hær oversvømmes (1815)
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Painting: Giuseppe Diotti (1779-1846) - Johann Simon Mayr
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Johann Simon (Giovanni Simone) Mayr [Mayer, Maier, Meyer, Meier]
(Mendorf, nr Ingolstadt, 14 June 1763 - Bergamo, 2 December 1845)
German composer, teacher and writer on music. The second child of Josef Mayr, a schoolteacher and organist, and Maria Anna Prantmayer, a brewer’s daughter from Augsburg, he received his early musical education from his father. In 1774 he entered the Jesuit college in Ingolstadt, and in 1781 he began to study law and theology at the University of Ingolstadt, where he taught himself various orchestral instruments and supported himself by playing the organ. In 1787 a Swiss Freiherr, Thomas von Bassus, took him to Italy to further his musical education; in 1789 he commenced studies with Carlo Lenzi in Bergamo; he then was sent to Ferdinando Bertoni in Venice. He began his career as a composer of sacred music; his oratorios were performed in Venice. After the death of his patron in 1793, he was encouraged by Niccolò Piccinni and Peter von Winter to compose operas. His first opera, 'Saffo o sia I riti d'Apollo Leucadio', was performed in Venice in 1794. He gained renown with his opera 'Ginevra di Scozia' (Trieste, 1801), and it remained a favorite with audiences; also successful were his operas 'La rosa bianca e la rosa rossa' (Genoa, 1813) and 'Medea in Corinto' (Naples, 1813). In 1802 he became maestro di cappella at Santa Maria Maggiore in Bergamo, and in 1805 he reorganized the choir school of the Cathedral as the Lezioni Caritatevoli di Musica and assumed its directorship. Intractable cataracts, which led to total blindness in 1826, forced him to limit his activities to organ playing. In 1822 he founded the Societa Filarmonica of Bergamo. As a composer, his operas, while reflecting the late Neapolitan school, are noteworthy for their harmonization and orchestration, which are derived from the German tradition. After 1815 he devoted most of his time to composing sacred music, which totals some 600 works in all. He was also an eminent pedagogue and Gaetano Donizetti was among his pupils. Johann Simon Mayr was a leading figure in the development of opera seria in the last decade of the 18th Century and the first two decades of the 19th Century.