Born in the northern Italian coastal
town of Chioggia about 1555, organist
and composer Paolo Quagliati played a
part historically in having transplanted
to Rome the Florentine recitative style
and developing it in the direction of a
concertato style of several voices with
instruments.
Brought back to life after almost 400
years, his La Sfera armoniosa (1623) is
composed of 25 numbers with texts for
the most part by Battista Guarini.
The music, composed entirely by
Quagliati but for two villanellas by
Stefano Landi, reflects the staid Italian
academic and emerging modern styles
of the time.
Born in the northern Italian coastal
town of Chioggia about 1555, organist
and composer Paolo Quagliati played a
part historically in having transplanted
to Rome the Florentine recitative style
and developing it in the direction of a
concertato style of several voices with
instruments.
Brought back to life after almost 400
years, his La Sfera armoniosa (1623) is
composed of 25 numbers with texts for
the most part by Battista Guarini.
The music, composed entirely by
Quagliati but for two villanellas by
Stefano Landi, reflects the staid Italian
academic and emerging modern styles
of the time.
