The ensemble Gli Scarlattisti uses a variable instrumentation for the vocal parts, performing 4-5-part choir pieces chorally and pieces with one, two, or three vocal parts soloistically to emphasize interplay with instruments.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Rosenmüller believed music could 'soothe savage dispositions,' 'dispel bodily diseases,' and provide spiritual benefit to a believing soul, echoing Martin Luther's view of music.
Critical Reception
Musicologist Peter Wollny claims that Rosenmüller's 'Kern-Sprüche' (Core Aphorisms) were known by every active musician between 1650 and 1700 and were possibly more stylistically influential than Schütz's 'Kleine Geistliche Konzerte'.
Composition History
Rosenmüller's German-language biblical settings, titled 'Kern-Sprüche' (Core Aphorisms), were composed at the end of the Thirty Years' War and printed in two collections in 1648 and 1652/53.
Composer's Artistic Vision
In his 1648 foreword, Rosenmüller refers to Johannes Kepler's idea of 'musica mundana' (musical proportions in the world) and Boethius's 'musica humana' (music's natural presence in humans).
Composer Biography
After fleeing Leipzig, Johann Rosenmüller worked in Venice as Kapellmeister at the Ospedale della Pietà, an institution later associated with Vivaldi.
Composer Biography
Johann Rosenmüller, the composer, was accused of abusing choirboys in 1655 and escaped from prison, leading him to flee to Venice.
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