Cataldo Amodei

Cataldo Amodei (6 May 1649  13 June 1693) was an Italian Baroque musician.

Life

He was born in Sciacca and in 1685 was ordained as a priest; in the same year he became maestro di cappella at the church of San Paolo Maggiore, Naples.[1]

Music

His compositions are religious in function and include oratorios, motets and cantatas.[1]

Works

  • Primo libro de' mottetti
  • Cantate, libro primo
  • L'innocenza infetta dal pomo
  • Il flagello dell'empietà
  • La Susanna
  • Il trionfo della purità di Maria
  • Il Giosuè vittorioso
  • La sirena consolata[1]

Editions

References

Sources

Book
  • Fabris, Dinko (2007). Music in Seventeenth-Century Naples: Francesco Provenzale (1624–1704). Abingdon-on-Thames, England: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-55734-4.
  • Talbot, Michael, ed. (2016). Aspects of the Secular Cantata in Late Baroque Italy. Abingdon-on-Thames, England: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-57517-1.
Journals and articles
Cultural offices
Preceded by
P.A. Zani
Choirmaster of Conservatorio di Sant'Onofrio a Porta Capuana
1681–1688
Succeeded by
Cristoforo Caresana
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