February 26 - Stefano Landi (The Musical Birthday Series, 6th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for February 26th are here: Frank Bridge (2020), Fats Domino; Betty Hutton (2021), Franz Strauss; Johnny Cash (2022), Anton Reicha (2023), and Jackie Gleason (2024)

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Stefano Landi (bapt. 26 February 1587 – 28 October 1639) was an Italian composer and teacher  influential as an early composer of opera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Landi Ho!

Throughout this period Landi composed sacred music prolifically, mostly in the seconda pratica style of the early Baroque, a decision which was controversial with some of the more conservative musicians, who thought the prima pratica— the style of Palestrina — more appropriate for sacred music. – adapted from Wikipedia

At the time of the early Baroque

A new sort of music awoke;

But some were not sold

On replacing the old

While wearing a clerical coat.

The conservative choir resisted,

But Landi, as Maestro, persisted,

And set as his goal a

More flexible schola

Where the old and the new co-existed.

 

 

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