Michel’Angelo Grancini (1605-1669) - Messa breve concertata à 4
26Autor: Michel’Angelo Grancini (1605-1669)
Obra: Messa breve concertata à 4
Intèrprets: Ars Cаntica Cοnsοrt & Choir; Mаrcο Bеrrini
Pintura: Abraham Willaerts (c.1603-1669) - Jesus preaching on the shores of the sea of Galilee
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Michel’Angelo Grancini [Grancino]
(Milan, 1605 - Milan, 1669)
Italian composer and organist. At the age of 17 he was organist at S Maria del Paradiso, from 1624 to 1628 at S Sepolcro, in 1628 at S Ambrogio – all in Milan – and from 29 December 1630 at Milan Cathedral though still retaining his post at S Ambrogio. In 1650 he was promoted to the position of maestro di cappella of the cathedral, which he occupied until his death. Grancini was one of the most prolific church composers of his time, but the size of his output was not matched by its popularity: very few works appeared in anthologies and his prints appeared in Milan rather than in the main publishing centre of Venice, possibly satisfying a mainly local market. The fact that there are some 200 works in manuscripts at Milan Cathedral also suggests that much of his music was written for the cathedral and other churches in Milan. His vast output of sacred music contains all the usual liturgical items and a great many motets. For masses and psalms he kept mainly to a concertato style with four or more voices and sometimes wrote polychorally, whereas some of the motets include attractive duet and trio sections with basso continuo. The largest published works are in the Varii concerti of 1652, which contains three masses, one in a ceremonial style suitable for important feasts. The Giardino spirituale of 1655 contains not only motets but a mass, vesper psalms and compline music, the last written in a somewhat uninspired vein. Grancini’s best music is in his settings of motet texts with expressive potential.