Jonathan E. Glixon
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- May 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780195134896
- eISBN:
- 9780199868049
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195134896.003.0009
- Subject:
- Music, History, Western
This chapter treats musical activities at the scuole piccole in the 17th century. Their patronal feasts remained important occasions for music, but other events also become significant. The Scuola ...
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This chapter treats musical activities at the scuole piccole in the 17th century. Their patronal feasts remained important occasions for music, but other events also become significant. The Scuola dello Spirito Santo sponsored elaborate music for Pentecost, employing, among others, Francesco Cavalli and Antonio Lotti. Other scuole employed musicians for weekly compline services, monthly processions, and regular expositions of the Holy Sacrament. Services at the Fraterna Grande di Sant'Antonino included laude performed by the brothers. Many scuole, especially the parish-based Holy Sacrament confraternities, continued to build and maintain organs and employ organists. The Sovvegno di Santa Cecilia, founded by the singers of the city, organized an annual festivity that was one of the most elaborate in the city, with the participation of the entire chapel of San Marco and many others.Less
This chapter treats musical activities at the scuole piccole in the 17th century. Their patronal feasts remained important occasions for music, but other events also become significant. The Scuola dello Spirito Santo sponsored elaborate music for Pentecost, employing, among others, Francesco Cavalli and Antonio Lotti. Other scuole employed musicians for weekly compline services, monthly processions, and regular expositions of the Holy Sacrament. Services at the Fraterna Grande di Sant'Antonino included laude performed by the brothers. Many scuole, especially the parish-based Holy Sacrament confraternities, continued to build and maintain organs and employ organists. The Sovvegno di Santa Cecilia, founded by the singers of the city, organized an annual festivity that was one of the most elaborate in the city, with the participation of the entire chapel of San Marco and many others.
