Salomone Rossi - Jewish Polyphony at the Gonzaga Court | Glossa - Cabinet GCDC80006

Salomone Rossi - Jewish Polyphony at the Gonzaga Court

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Label: Glossa - Cabinet

Cat No: GCDC80006

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 11th March 2013

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Salamone Rossi was active at the court of the Gonzaga family in Mantua at the turn of the 17th century, as violinist and composer. He achieved fame through the music he composed in the most modern styles of the time, but in his later years he also applied the old-fashioned polyphonic principles to the liturgy of his own people, a move that was as controversial as it may have been popular.

The present program shows all facets of the oeuvre of Salomone Rossi (c.1570-c.1630), from madrigals to instrumental works and pieces for the Jewish liturgy. There is an emphasis on Rossi's role in developing continuo practices, and his work certainly shows a concern for these issues. In addition, the Jewish liturgical music is particularly unique and worthy of note. The style is somewhat simpler and more syllabic, but certainly in line with Rossi's other music, especially some of the instrumental works. The present liner notes also suggest that Rossi's interest in music for the Jewish temple, with it's syllabic monophonic tradition influenced his ideas on the developing monody, and consequently those developments as a whole.

There was some controversy at the time about whether polyphonic settings (for between three & eight voices) were welcome in the Jewish temple. Nonetheless, they are fast becoming classics today, and show a glimpse into one of the rare periods in which Jewish & Christian culture interacted strongly and without ill feelings.
” - Medieval.org

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