The
works of Giovanni Antonio Cangiasi
Born
in Milan, the composer Giovanni Antonio Cangiasi was a Franciscan
friar, and composer of vocal works and liturgical music. He
was also an organist, and served at various churches throughout
Italy, including the Vercelli cathedral in 1590, San Francesco
in Milan in 1602, and the church of Castelnuovo Scrivia in
1614. He published his most renown work of instrumental music,
Scherzi forastieri, when he was stationed at the Franciscan
abbey at Locarno in 1611. This is a collection of four-part
instrumental scherzos, which, in reality, are instrumental
canzonas and ricercars in the Milanese tradition, which reveal
Caniasi's compositional skills and mastery of counterpoint..
His compositions typically feature intricate vocal lines,
rich harmonies, and contrapuntal techniques characteristic
of the Baroque period. Cangiasi probably died at Castelnuovo
Scrivia after 1614.
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Original
Title |
English
Translation |
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1590 |
Li ariosi Magnificat a otto voci |
The
Magnificat airs for eight voices |
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before 1596? |
Undici
madrigali per organo, a quattro voci |
Eleven
madrigals for organ, for four voices |
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1602 |
Il secondo libro delle canzonette a trevoci |
The second book of songs for three voices |
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1606; preface, 1607 |
Sacrae cantiones tre voci concinendae |
Sacred songs sung for three voices |
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1611 |
Psalmodia ecclesiastica concinenda cum quattuor vocum, id
est omnes psalmi... scilicet tria Magnificat a quinque-septem
vocum |
Ecclesiastical psalms sung with 4 voices... three Magnificats
for five-seven voices |
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1612 |
Melodia sacra quattuor et quattuor vocum cum duobus moctectis
ad modum dialogi, et uno cum canzon francese; Libro II dei
mottetti |
Sacred melody for four and five voices with two dialogue motets,
and one with a French canzon; Book II of motets |
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1614 |
Scherzi forastieri per suonare a quattro voci con la partitura
per l'organo, opera 8 |
Scherzi forastieri for four voices with partitura for organ,
opus 8 |
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Sources:
1. Iain Fenlon. Giovanni Antonio Cangiasi. The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians. New York: Grove Dictionaries,
Inc., 2001.
2. Francesco Antonio Costa, la vita musicale a Genova nel
primo seicento e l'atiività dei frati minori conventuali
in Liguria. Quadrivium. Studi di filologia e musicologia
medievale, Nova Serie VI, 1995.
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