Nicola Antonio
Porpora
Born Naples 17th August, 1686
Died Naples 3rd March, 1768
A celebrated composer and singing teacher, Porpora's ability to
set the Italian language to music was internationally acknowledged
during his lifetime.
"...The
Cantatas of Nicolo (sic) Porpora have been always much esteemed,
on account of the excellence of their Recitatives, and the good
taste and truly vocal style of the airs…Porpora's
Cantatas particularly the Recitatives, are still regarded in
Italy as models of perfection for narrative Music…"
He numbered among
his students Metastasio, Farinelli, Caffarelli, Antonio Uberti
(known as "Porporino"), Regina Mingotti and the composer
Franz Joseph Haydn.
The
Porpora Project
has been established in
order to display and support the investigations into the life and music of Nicola
Porpora by performer and musicologist James Sanderson.
Through his
fascination with the vocal music of this much-neglected composer and
singing teacher, Sanderson intends to create an accurate portrayal
of the depth and breadth of Porpora's work and the effect it had on
music-making in the 18th century.
As new
transcriptions and research become available, you will be able to
access them through this site and add your comments and suggestions
for further or different research angles.
STOP PRESS!! The edition count at the Porpora Project has just reached 133 with the addition of James Sanderson's edition of Nicola Antonio Porpora's continuo cantata Idolo del mio core for soprano & continuo:
Another from the Naples MS 34.6.25. Here our lover calls "Tell me where you are! Show me where the one I adore is gone!" In RARA format, with surprisingly brief recitatives, the second aria Largo has some delightful harmonic shifts. It is intersting to note that the continuo figures in this (only) copy are only written where the vocal part does not appear.
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Nicola Porpora
(1686-1768)
(Bologna, Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale)
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