Cardinal Alessandro Farnese's involvement in music
2014; Oxford University Press; Volume: 42; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1093/em/cau020
ISSN1741-7260
Autores Tópico(s)Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
ResumoCardinal Alessandro Farnese (1520–89) was extremely rich and a great patron of the arts in Rome. He was especially famous for his buildings, such as the Farnese Palace and the Jesuit Church in Rome, and the Villa Farnese in Caprarola. In his early days he was similarly ambitious in music, employing a sizeable band in his private household in 1544. But by the 1560s, Alessandro employed only Vincenzo Pinto (a leading lutenist in Rome and Alessandro’s favourite). Aside from Pinto, he employed only a few musicians for brief periods in 1563, 1564 and 1569–70, suggesting a lessening of interest in his household music. He instead supported church music, particularly as a patron of Arciconfraternità del SS. Crocifisso in San Marcello. Lent and Holy Week were celebrated at SS. Crocifisso with ample music under the direction of Pinto. Thus, Alessandro separated the private and public sectors of his patronage. Buildings and paintings belonged to the former and music to the latter; music, it seems, was not central to his artistic enterprises. He was also open to women’s participation of in music, and enjoyed listening to their singing.
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