Francesco Antonio Calegari
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Father Francesco Antonio Calegari (died 1742) was an Italian baroque music theorist, composer and priest. Calegari was maestro di cappella at Basilica of Santa Maria dei Frari, Venice
in 1705, and at the Basilica del Santo, Padua
in the 1720s. Several manuscript copies of his treatise on consonance
and dissonance
survive.
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
in 1705, and at the Basilica del Santo, Padua
Padua
Padua is a city and comune in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 . The city is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area, having...
in the 1720s. Several manuscript copies of his treatise on consonance
Consonance
Consonance is a stylistic device, most commonly used in poetry and songs, characterized by the repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession, as in "pitter patter" or in "all mammals named Sam are clammy".Consonance should not be confused with assonance, which is the...
and dissonance
Dissonance
Dissonance has several meanings, all related to conflict or incongruity:*Consonance and dissonance in music are properties of an interval or chord*Cognitive dissonance is a state of mental conflict...
survive.
- The Italian oratorioOratorioAn oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. Like an opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias...
La risurrezione di Lazzaro 1779, recorded under Filippo Maria BressanFilippo Maria BressanFilippo Maria Bressan is an Italian conductor. He was chorus master of the Coro e Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, then of his own ensemble, the Athestis Chorus, and conductor of the baroque orchestra Academia de li Musici...
in 2000, is by Antonio CalegariAntonio CalegariAntonio Calegari was an Italian baroque composer. His oratorio La risurrezione di Lazzaro 1779, was recorded under Filippo Maria Bressan in 2000....
Another Calegari from Padua was Giuseppe Calegari, composer of a Betulia liberataBetulia LiberataBetulia liberata is the title of a libretto by Metastasio which was originally commissioned by Emperor Charles VI and set by Georg Reutter the younger in 1734, and which was subsequently set by as many as 30 composers including Jommelli , Ignaz Holzbauer , Kozeluch , Schuster , Salieri and most...
(1771).