Life
Trained in the full tradition of the Baroque, his long career led him to reach artistic maturity in an era of profound stylistic transition, which saw the emergence of the new rationalist ideals of Arcadia.
Giovanni Maria Capelli was born in Parma in 1649. He dedicated his entire life to music, holding prestigious positions in his hometown. He was organist and chapel master of the Cathedral, where he remained active for nearly fifty years.
His production includes masses, motets, and madrigals, works that reflect the liturgical tradition and musical taste of the time. He was a point of reference for musical life in Parma until his death in 1726.
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A life in the Cathedral
Capelli spent nearly fifty years as organist and chapel master of the Parma Cathedral, becoming an inseparable part of it.Works
Capelli wrote masses, motets, and madrigals, which were diffused within the musical circles of Parma and neighboring cities. His sacred music has remained partly in manuscript form in ecclesiastical archives.
Briciole di storia
of medicine
Layered bones
With Anatome ossium, Domenico Gagliardi was the first to describe the lamellar structure of bones. The work enjoyed European success and was reprinted in Leiden in 1723.
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