Michelangelo Falvetti (December 25, 1642 – 1693) was an Italian
Baroquecomposer as well as a Catholic
priest.
Falvetti was born in
Melicuccà in
Calabria,
Kingdom of Naples on December 25, 1642, but spent most of his life and musical career in the
Kingdom of Sicily. In 1670, he became Maestro di cappella in
Palermo, and in 1678 founded the 'Unione dei Musici' in that city.[1] In or around 1682 he moved to
Messina where he was named Maestro di Cappella del Senato di Messina. Falvetti died in Messina in 1693.
Works, editions and recordings
Works written in Palermo:
Abel figura dell'agnello eucaristico (1676)
La spada di Gedeone (1678)
La Giuditta (1680)
Il trionfo dell'anima (16??)
Works written in Messina:
Il diluvio universale (1682) - includes sung parts for Noah, Rad, Water, Death, Divine Justice, God, Human Nature, - recording
Leonardo García-Alarcón, La Cappella Mediterranea, Choeur de chambre de Namur. Ambronay 2011
Il Nabucco (1683) - recording
Leonardo García-Alarcón, La Cappella Mediterranea, Choeur de chambre de Namur. Ambronay 2013
Il sole fermato da Giosuè (1692)
References
^Giuseppe Donato Polifonisti calabresi dei secoli XVI e XVII Coro polifonico S. Paolo di Reggio Calabria, Reggio di Calabria 1985