Domenico Zipoli

Domenico Zipoli was born in Prato (near Florence) in October 16, 1688, and died in Cordoba (argentina) in 1726. Unlike other members of his generation like Bach, Handel, Rameau and Telemann, he didn't work in any court, but in the Jesuitic Reductions of South America. He studied with A. Scarlatti, Vanucci, and Pasquini. In 1718 he came to South America. Of the compositions before that year, a few survived: 3 Cantatas, A violin sonata, and the Sonate d'Intavolatura per organo e cimbalo. There is also a couple of oratorios, but they are lost. In 1972 the swiss arquitect Hans Roth discovered 5000 manuscript pages in some ruins in Bolivia. There was a mass and much sacred music by Zipoli and many anonymous compositions, and some copies of works by Vivaldi and Corelli.
Member: (David González) Date: Fri, Jan 5, 2001, 9:21pm (MST+3) To: musiclassical@egroups.com Subject: RE: mc~ Zipoli Reply to: musiclassical@egroups.com

I will add that before leaving for South America, Zipoli was already well known in Europe as a brilliant organ player and composer.
As David wrote, he studied and worked in Florence, then in Naples (A.Scarlatti), Bologna, and Roma (Pasquini). After Pasquini's death (1710) he lived in Roma until 1716/17, being considered one of the most important musicians at the moment. In this year, he entered the Compañia de Jesús (Jesuits) (I hope this will not prevent Mohammad Iqbal from enjoying his music) and went to Sevilla to wait for a ship for America. He arrived to Rio de la Plata in 1717 and studied in the seminar in Córdoba finishing his studies in 1724. In 1725 he get sick, and died. He actually never arrrived to the reductions (missions) in Paraguay or Bolivia. Years later (probably 1730), it is assumed that another Jesuit, Martin Schmid, copied his works and bring with him to the missions in Chiquitos and Moxos. There these has been preserved and also taken as models for local compositions.  It is not known if in the Paraguayan missions (mostly brutally destroyed after Pope Clemente XIV dissolved the Compañia in 1773) Zipoli was so well known, since there was never direct communication between the Paraguayan and the Chiquitos and Moxos Bolivian missions.
Zipoli organ music has been in the repertoire of most organ players for a long time, his "hit" being his "Pastorale", and many organ players have been including his works in recitals and recordings (may be Arthur can help in this better than me).  I know that Norberto Broggini (an Argentinian  organ and harpsichord player who lives in Switzerland) was recording his opera omnia in a beautiful baroque organ recently restored  in Bolivia, but I have no further information on this project.
There are some Zipoli vocal and instrumental works in the label K617 in the series Les chemins du baroque.
K617036 American Zipoli
K617037 European Zipoli
K617027 Zipoli San Ignacio Vespers
K617065 Zipoli San Ignacio Opera ( a reconstruction)
 

Mostly conducted by Gabriel Garrido and Ensemble Elyma BTW David, do you have any recent new about Hans Roth? I met him in his house in Concepcion in 1998 and he was quite sick.
Best
Sandro
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