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Barker, Naomi J
(2021).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/em/caab044
Abstract
During the 1620s Girolamo Frescobaldi held the post of organist at St. Peter’s concurrently with that of organist at the Ospedale di Santo Spirito. Both jobs had substantial duties. In this article, the three main requirements of the organist at S. Spirito – to play for Mass and Vespers, the Saturday litanies and in the hospital ward at meal times – provide the means for both reconstructing part of the daily schedule for S. Spirito and tracing Frescobaldi’s activities. The identity of Nicolo Cochi who frequently signed for Frescobaldi’s salary at St. Peter’s is investigated; previously unpublished documents from the Ospedale archive and financial records are compared; and some conclusions reached as to how a musician such as Frescobaldi could successfully hold dual, if not multiple employments. At the same time, new information about liturgical practice at the Ospedale di Santo Spirito is presented.
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- Item ORO ID
- 78433
- Item Type
- Journal Item
- ISSN
- 1741-7260
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Funded Project Name Project ID Funding Body Music at the Ospedale di Santo Spirito 1600-1630 SG162902 British Academy Not Set Not Set Music and Letters Trust - Keywords
- Frescobaldi, Ospedale di Santo Spirito, musical career, organ, seventeenth-century Rome
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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities > Music
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities
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- © 2021 Naomi Barker
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- Naomi Barker