Life
His training was situated in the transitional phase of the Late Baroque that prepared the birth of the new taste, while his full artistic maturity was expressed entirely within the period of Arcadia, in which the sensitivities of Rococo and Enlightenment also coexisted.
Carlo Francesco Cesarini, born in San Martino al Cimino around 1665, was an Italian composer whose career unfolded entirely under the protection of Cardinal Benedetto Pamphilj. Their relationship began as early as 1688, when Cesarini set to music the cantata Quel sovrano motore, written by the cardinal to celebrate the birth of the Prince of Wales. In July 1690, Cesarini officially entered the cardinal's service, following him to Bologna, where Pamphilj was papal legate between 1690 and 1693. His collaboration with the cardinal continued until the latter's death in 1730, during which Cesarini handled the music for the academies and musical evenings held in the cardinal's palace.
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The melodrama never performed
One of Cesarini's most important commissions was the composition of a melodrama in collaboration with two of his most illustrious colleagues. Unfortunately, despite the efforts, the opera never saw the light of the stage due to the premature death of the emperor to whom it was dedicated, leaving his only complete theatrical work a mystery for the audience of the time.Works
Carlo Francesco Cesarini set several important works to music to texts by Cardinal Benedetto Pamphilj. Among these, the oratorios San Vincislao (1704), Il figliol prodigo (1707), Oratorio per l'Assunzione della beatissima Vergine (1713), and Il trionfo del Tempo nella Bellezza ravveduta (1725) are recalled. He was also co-author of the melodrama Giuno Bruto overo La caduta de' Tarquinii, composed with Antonio Caldara and Alessandro Scarlatti. Although almost none of his abundant instrumental works have survived, his vocal compositions, particularly the chamber cantatas, were highly appreciated and contributed to his fame.
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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