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Ensemble Salomone Rossi, Milan at MaMu
Thursday 6th July 2023, at 7,30 pm
DOVE: Magazzino Musica – MaMu | Via F. Soave, 3 INGRESSO: free for members (to subscribe: https://magazzinomusica.it/ 
Foto di Giovanni Bindellini
THE 400 YEARS OF “SONGS OF SOLOMON” BY SALOMONE ROSSI
The Songs of Solomon, Salomone Rossi’s best-known work, was published in Venice in an elegant edition in 1623 by the famous printers Pietro and Lorenzo Bragadin; it is a collection of music composed tor 33 texts including Psalms, Hymns, Prayers and Synagogue Songs. The most interesting aspect is the attempt to overcome the customs of the Jewish tradition which imposed the observance of the rules handed down over the centuries also in the musical field: monodic singing or the cantillation of biblical texts, reserving the execution of cheerful and joyful music to moments of community life. Salomone Rossi, a very talented artist, chosed to use the techniques of Renaissance ecclesiastical sacred music for these compositions.
These compositions were performed in the synagogue in Mantua and in places of Jewish study in Mantua and Venice, until the invasion of the Duchy of Mantua in 1630 by the Emperor Ferdinand of Habsburg, which led to persecution, exile and expulsion to other places of residence of Jewish groups; the work almost fell into oblivion.
Ensemble Salomone Rossi Marta Fumagalli, mezzosoprano Lydia Cevidalli, direction and violin – Massimo Percivaldi, violin and viola Marco Frezzato, cello Giovanni Togni, harpsichord
Presentation by Luca Cremonese, author and curator of di “Musica Maestro” of Radio 24.
Listen to Psalm 100, “Mizmor LeTodà” by Salomone Rossi, from Songs of Solomon
Liste to the aria “Signor non tardi il tuo soccorso” from Psalm 21st by Benedetto Marcello, from L’Estro poetico armonico
