Vincenzo Ugolini (Perugia, 1 November 1578 - Rome, 6 May 1638) was an

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of the early

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era and of the

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Life

Born in

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, he was first a ''puer chori'' (boy soprano) at

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in Rome under

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; then he was engaged as a contralto until July 1594 and as a bass from the beginning of May 1600 until the end of 1601. In 1603 he was ''mastro di capella'' of

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, in Rome. After an illness in 1606, he left this work in 1609 and became ''maestro'' at the Duomo of Benevento. This position he held until 1615, with a hiatus in 1614 where he worked for Cardinal Arrigoni in Rome. From 2 July 1616 he turned to San Luigi dei Francesi holding the same positions, and in 1620 he succeeded

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as ''maestro'' of the

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at San Pietro. During this time he also tutored the mezzo-soprano singer

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. In 1629 he was deponent for the testament of the composer Domenico Allegri, brother of

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. From May 1631 he was again maestro of San Luigi, and held the post until his death in 1638. His successor was his pupil Orazio Benevoli.

Works

*''Sacrae cantiones'', lib. 1, 8vv, bc (Roma, 1614); *''Il primo libro de madrigali'', 5vv (Venezia, 1615); *''Il secondo libro de madrigali'', 5vv (Venezia, 1615); *''Motecta sive sacrae cantiones'', lib. 1, 1–4vv (Venezia, 1616); *''Motecta sive sacrae cantione''s, lib.2, 1–4vv (Venezia, 1617); *''Motecta sive sacrae cantiones'', lib.3, 1–4vv (Venezia, 1618); *''Motecta sive sacrae cantiones'', lib.4, 1–4vv (Roma, 1619); *''Motecta et missae'', lib. 2, 8, 12vv, bc (Roma, 1622); *''Psalmi ad vesperas'', 8vv, bc (Venezia, 1628); *''Psalmi ad vesperas et motect''a, lib. 1, 12vv, bc (Venezia, 1630); *2 motets, 2vv, bc, 1618, 1619, 3vv, bc, 1621, 1625; *2 hymns: ''Veni Creator Spiritus'', 4vv; ''Gloria Patri Domino nato'', 5vv; *4 antiphons: ''Illuminare his qui in tenebris'', 8vv; ''Omnes gentes plaudite manibus'', 8vv; ''Et tu puer propheta'', 8vv; ''Petrus apostolus'', 6vv; *''Litaniae lauretanae'', 8vv; *''Lauda Sion Salvatorem'', 6vv; *''Favus distillans'', mottetto, 8vv, bc; *''Jubilate Deo'', 5vv.

Sources, further reading

* Alberto Cametti, ''La scuola dei «pueri cantus» di S. Luigi dei francesi in Roma e i suoi principali allievi (1591-1623): Gregorio, Domenico e Bartolomeo Allegri, Antonio Cifra, Orazio Benevoli'', Torino,

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, 1915. * Klaus Fischer, 'Vincenzo Ugolini', in '' New Grove Dictionary''. * Jean Lionnet, ''La musique à Saint-Louis des Français de Rome au XVII^o siècle'', in «Note d’archivio per la storia musicale», n. s., a. III, 1985, suppl.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ugolini, Vincenzo Italian Baroque composers 1580s births 1638 deaths Italian male classical composers Musicians from Perugia Year of birth uncertain 17th-century Italian composers 17th-century Italian male musicians