List Of Compositions By Agostino Steffani
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Agostino Steffani Agostino Steffani (25 July 165412 February 1728) was an Italian bishop, polymath, diplomat and composer. Education Steffani was born at Castelfranco Veneto on 25 July 1654. As a boy he was admitted as a chorister at San Marco, Venice. Steff ...
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Vocal works


Sacred works

*Psalmodia vespertina volans *Reginam nostram formosissimam *Sacer Janus quadrifrons tribus vocibus * ''
Stabat Mater The Stabat Mater is a 13th-century Christian hymn to the Virgin Mary that portrays her suffering as mother during the crucifixion of her son Jesus Christ. Its author may be either the Franciscan friar Jacopone da Todi or Pope Innocent III.Saba ...
'' für 6 Sänger und 7 Instrumentalisten. *Beatus Vir *Non Plus Me Ligate *Triduanas A Domino *Laudate Pueri *Sperate in Deo *Qui Diligit Mariam


Operas

* '' Marco Aurelio (Steffani)'', libretto Ventura Terzago, Munich 1681. * '' Salome (Steffani)'', libretto Ventura Terzago Munich 1681. * '' Audacia e Rispetto'', Munich 1685. * ''
Servio Tullio ''Servio Tullio'' is an opera composed by Agostino Steffani to a libretto by Ventura Terzago based on events in the life of the Roman king Servius Tullius Servius Tullius was the legendary sixth king of Rome, and the second of its Etruscan ...
'', libretto Ventura Terzago Munich 1686. * '' Erote e Anterote'', libretto Ventura Terzago Munich 1686. * '' Ascanio (Steffani)'', libretto Ventura Terzago Munich 1686. * '' Alarico il Baltha, cioè l'Audace, re de' goti'', ''dramma per musica'', Luigi Orlandi,
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, 18 January 1687 * ''
Niobe, regina di Tebe ''Niobe, regina di Tebe'' is an opera in three acts by Agostino Steffani, premiered at Salvatortheater, the Munich court theatre on 5 January 1688, during the carnival season . It is a tragedy focusing on the Ancient Greek character of Niobe. The ...
'', ''dramma per musica'', libretto: Luigi Orlandi, Munich, 1688 * ''
Henrico Leone ''Henrico Leone'' (also ''Enrico Leone'') is an opera (''dramma per musica'') in three acts composed by Agostino Steffani to an Italian libretto by Ortensio Mauro. Based on the life of the powerful German prince Henry the Lion, the opera was firs ...
'' libretto by Ortensio Mauro based on the life of the powerful German prince Henry the Lion, first performed on 30 January 1689 in
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*'' La lotta d'Hercole con Acheloo'' (1689) *'' La superbia d'Alessandro'' (1690) *'' Orlando generoso'' (1691) *'' Le rivali concordi'', or ''Atalanta'' (1692) *'' La libertà contenta'', or ''Alcibiade'' (1693) *'' Baccanali'' (1695) for the Duke Ernest Augustus of Hannoverreview Ensemble Cremona Antiqua, Antonio Greco
/ref> *'' I trionfi, del fato'', ovvero Le glorie di Enea (1695) *'' Briseide'' (1696) attrib., but probably by
Pietro Torri Pietro Torri ( – 6 July 1737) was an Italian Baroque composer. Life Torri was born in Peschiera del Garda., Neue Hofkapelle München, Christoph Hammer From 1684 to 1688, he served as the organist and choirmaster of the Margrave of Bayreuth, a ...
*Arminio (1707)- a pasticcio composed mainly of items from Steffani's earlier operas * ' (1709), ''Tragedia per Musica'', 1709, edition
Gerhard Croll Gerhard Croll (25 May 1927 – 26 October 2019) was a German-Austrian musicologist. Life Born in Düsseldorf, Croll studied Kapellmeister at the Robert Schumann Hochschule and musicology with Rudolf Gerber at the University of Münster. He rece ...
in ''Denkmäler Rheinischer Musik'' * ''Amor vien dal destino.'' Dramma Da Recitarsi Per Ordine Di Sua Altezza Elettorale Palatina In Düsseldorff LÁnno MDCCIX, Thil Schleuter, Düsseldorf 1709.


Arias from operas and serenatas recorded in recitals

*A facile vittoria (from Tassilone) *Amami, e vederai (from Niobe) *Combatton quest'alma (from I trionfi del fato) *Dal tuo labbro amor m'invita (from Tassilone) *Deh stancati, o sorte (from La libertà contenta) *Foschi crepuscoli (from La libertà contenta) *Dell'alma stanca a raddolcir le tempre...Sfere amiche, or date al labbro (from Niobe) *La cerasta più terribile (from La lotta d'Hercole con Acheloo) *Mie fide schiere, all'armi!...Suoni, tuoni, il suolo scuota (from I trionfi del fato) *Morirò fra strazi e scempi (from Henrico Leone) * Ogni core può sperar (from ''Servio Tullio'') *Ove son? Chi m'aita? In mezzo all'ombre...Dal mio petto (from Niobe) *Non prendo consiglio (from La superbia d'Alessandro) *Non si parli che di fede (from Marco Aurelio) *Notte amica al cieco Dio (from La libertà contenta) *Padre, s'è colpa in lui (from Tassilone) *Più non v'ascondo (from Tassilone) *Schiere invitte, non tardate (from Alarico il Baltha) *Serena, o mio bel sole...Mia fiamma/Mio ardore (from Niobe) *Si, si, riposa, o caro...Palpitanti sfere belle (from Alarico il Baltha) *Sposa, mancar mi sento...Deh non far colle tue lagrime (from Tassilone) *Suite aus “I trionfi del fato” *Svenati, struggiti, combatti, suda (from La libertà contenta) *T'abbraccio, mia Diva...Ti stringo, mio Nume (from Niobe) *Timori, ruine (from Le rivali concordi) *Tra le guerre e le vittorie (from La superbia d'Alessandro)


Duets and solo cantatas

*Amor vien del destino - duet *Begl'occhi, oh Dio, non più piangete - duet *Che sarà di quel pensiero - duet *Che volete o crude pene - duet *Crudo Amor morir mi sento - duet *Dimmi, dimmi Cupido - duet *Dir che giovi al mal d'amore - duet *Dolce è per voi soffrire - duet *Dolce labbro amabil bocca - duet *E così mi compatite? - duet *E perchè non m'uccidete - duet *Fileno, idolo mio - solo cantata *Fra le tenebre del duolo - duet, attrib. but by
Giovanni Legrenzi Giovanni Legrenzi (baptized August 12, 1626 – May 27, 1690) was an Italian composer of opera, vocal and instrumental music, and organist, of the Baroque era. He was one of the most prominent composers in Venice in the late 17th century, and ext ...
*Fulminate, saettate - duet Timms C:I:17 *Gelosia, che vuoi da me? - duet *Già tu parti - duet *Guardati, o core - solo cantata *Hai finito di lusigarmi - solo cantata *Ho scherzato in verità - duet *Il piu felice e sfortunato amante - solo cantata *Inquieto mio cor - duet *Io mi rido de' tuoi dardi - duet *Io voglio provar - duet *Lagrime dolorose - solo cantata *Libertà! Libertà! - duet *Lilla mia non vuoi ch'io pianga - duet *Lontananza crudel, tu mi tormenti - duet *Lungi dall'idol mio - solo cantata *M'hai da piangere un dì - duet *Mia speranza illanguidita - duet *M'ingannasti fanciullo bendato - duet *No, no, non voglio se devo amare - duet *Occhi belli, non piu - duet *Occhi, perché piangete? - duet *Placidissime catene - duet *Porto l'alma incenerita - duet *Pria ch’io faccia - duet *Quando ti stringo o cara - duet *Quanto care al cor voi siete - duet *Questo fior - duet *Ribellatevi o pensieri - duet *Rio destin che a tutte l'ore - duet *Saldi marmi che coprite - duet *Sol negl'occhi del mio bene - duet *Spezza amor, l’arco e li strali - solo cantata for soprano *Su, ferisci, alato arciero - duet Colin Timms deest *Tengo per infallibile - duet *Torna a dar vita al core - duet *Troppo cruda é la mia sorte - duet Timms C:I:70a *Tu m'aspettasti al mare - duet *Valli secrete deh m'accogliete - duet *Vorrei dire un non so che - duet


Instrumental works

*6 Sonate da Camera *Aria for two oboes, bassoon & b.c 'Chomigiola'


References

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