Fra Serafino Razzi (1531-1613), born in Marradi and later residing in Florence, was a notable Italian Dominican friar celebrated for his contributions to music and literature.
In 1563, he unveiled a substantial compilation of carnival songs within the lauda genre, titled Libro primo delle laudi spirituale.[1] This collection stands as a vibrant mosaic, showcasing pieces of diverse ages and characters drawn from the rich musical landscape of Florence.[2] Comprising 91 lauda settings for one to four voices, Razzi's work reflects his extensive travels, meticulously chronicled in his diaries.[3]
Razzi's sister was the sculptor and nun Maria Angelica Razzi.
Works (books)[edit]
- Vite dei santi, e beati cosi uomini, come donne del sacro ordine (in Italian). Florence: Bartolomeo Sermartelli. 1577.
- La vita et institutioni del Giovan. Taulero [Life and Institutions of Johannes Tauler] (in Italian). Florence: per Filippo Giunti. 1590.
- La storia di Raugia (in Italian). Lucca: per il Busdrago. 1595.
- Istoria de gli huomini: cosi nelle prelature, come nelle dottrine del sacro ordine de gli predicatori (in Italian). Lucca: per il Busdrago. 1596.
- Giardino d'essempi, ouero Fiori delle vite de' Santi (in Italian). Venice: presso Daniel Zanetti. 1599.
Works (music)[edit]
- Libro primo delle laudi spirituali (1563), a large collection of carnival songs in the lauda genre. This collection includes 91 lauda settings for one to four voices.
- O dolcezza (date of publication unknown)
- O Giesu dolce (date of publication unknown)
- O Maria diana stella (date of publication unknown)
- O Vergin Santa non m'abbandonare (date of publication unknown)
- Stabat mater dolorosa (date of publication unknown)
- Razzi's music was likely much more extensive than what survives today. His collection "Libro primo" suggests there may have been additional planned volumes that were never published.
References[edit]
- ^ Apel, Willi (1969). Harvard dictionary of music. Harvard University Press. p. 464.
In the second half of the 16th century Fra Serafino Razzi inaugurated a vast literature of laude in the popular styles of the villanella and canzonetta [ex. by G. Animuccia in SchGMB, no. 120]. Frequently, folksongs and dance melodies were used with the religious texts
- ^ Garriott, Anita (1973). Fra Serafino Razzi and his laude collections of the sixteenth century.
- ^ Sorella, Sergio (2009). "Tra sviluppo e decadenza". Termoli. Donzelli: 418. ISBN 9788860363718.
External links[edit]
- Guide to Razzi, Serafino, Costumi e morte di Papa Alexxandro VI contrario Al P. F : Girolamo Savonarola da Ferrara del ordine de Predicatori. Manuscript, circa 1675 at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center
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