Erasmo Marotta (1576–1641) was a Jesuit Sicilian
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and def ...
of
motet
In Western classical music, a motet is mainly a vocal musical composition, of highly diverse form and style, from high medieval music to the present. The motet was one of the preeminent polyphonic forms of Renaissance music. According to the Eng ...
s and
madrigals
A madrigal is a form of secular vocal music most typical of the Renaissance (15th–16th centuries) and early Baroque (1580–1650) periods, although revisited by some later European composers. The polyphonic madrigal is unaccompanied, and the ...
.
[''Storia generale della Sicilia: Storia civile '' p. 6 Vol 6 p303 ed. Francesco Ferrara - 1833 "Erasmo Marotta nacque a Randazzo. Ricco di genio per la musica se ne andò a Roma , dove acquistò fama,"] He was born in Randazzo and died in Palermo.
Editions
* ''Mottetti concertati: a due, tre, quattro e cinque voci'' ed. Irene Calagna 2002 pp147
Recordings
*''Fecit Deus. Quis mihi det.'' on Fabellae Sacrae. Savadi. 2008
References
External links
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1576 births
1641 deaths
Musicians from the Kingdom of Sicily
Italian Baroque composers
17th-century Italian composers
Italian male classical composers
17th-century Italian male musicians
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