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==Life==
==Life==
'''Born:''' 1335/1373
'''Born:''' ''c.''1335 or ''c.''1370


'''Died:''' 1411-12
'''Died:''' June/July 1412
 
'''Biography:'''
Johannes Ciconia was a late medieval composer and music theorist. He has possibly been conflated with his father of the same name in some biographical accounts, hence the uncertainty over his date of birth. All the composer's works are believed to date from later than about 1390.
 
Ciconia was born in Liège. A Johannes Ciconia, probably the composer's father, worked in Avignon in 1350 as a clerk for the wife of the nephew of Pope Clement VI. In 1358 this Johannes Ciconia settled in Italy, working in Padua. During his time in Italy, he traveled widely as an adjuct of Cardinal Gil Alvarez De Albornoz and came into contact with all of the local musical styles; evidently, he incorporated what he heard into his music. In 1372, he returned to Liège, where he stayed for an unknown amount of time; he is known to have fathered a family there, although he remained unmarried.
 
A second musician by the name of Johannes Ciconia appears in records in Liège in 1385 as a ''duodenus'', generally a person of young age, and thus more likely the composer himself. Papal records suggest that this Ciconia was in the service of Pope Boniface IX in Rome in 1391. A lament he wrote on the death of Francesco de Carrara has been securely dated to 1393, giving further evidence for his being in Italy at that time. When Ciconia moved to Padua is unknown — with the possibility of an intermediate stay in Pavia being strongly asserted by Di Bacco and Nádas — but it is understood that he was in Padua by 1401, where he remained until his death.


'''Biography:''' Johannes Ciconia was born in Liège/Belgium around 1335/1373 and died in Padova/Italy  in 1411. In the year 1385 we find him as a choirboy  at S. Jean l’Evangeliste in Liège  and in 1389 in Padua where he became cantor at the cathedral in 1403. Ciconia lived and worked there until his death. He composed Mass sections, motets and secular music.


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==List of choral works==
==List of choral works==
{{Legend}}
{{Legend}}
*''[[O felix templum jubila (Johannes_Ciconia)|O felix templum jubila]]''   ( [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/f/f7/Johannes_Ciconia_O_felix_templum_a_4.pdf {{pdf}}] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/a/a0/Johannes_Ciconia_O_felix_templum_a_4.mid {{mid}}] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/4/48/Johannes_Ciconia_O_felix_templum_a_4.mus Finale-2000] )
*''[[O felix templum jubila (Johannes_Ciconia)|O felix templum jubila]]''   ( [{{filepath:Johannes_Ciconia_O_felix_templum_a_4.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Johannes_Ciconia_O_felix_templum_a_4.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:Johannes_Ciconia_O_felix_templum_a_4.mus}} Finale 2000] )
*''[[O Padua, sidus praeclarum (Johannes_Ciconia)|O Padua, sidus praeclarum]]''   ( [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/3/38/Johannes_Ciconia_O_Padua_a_3.pdf {{pdf}}] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/2/29/Johannes_Ciconia_O_Padua_a_3.mid {{mid}}] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/b/bb/Johannes_Ciconia_O_Padua_a_3.mus Finale-2000] )
*''[[O Padua, sidus praeclarum (Johannes_Ciconia)|O Padua, sidus praeclarum]]''   ( [{{filepath:Johannes_Ciconia_O_Padua_a_3.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Johannes_Ciconia_O_Padua_a_3.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:Johannes_Ciconia_O_Padua_a_3.mus}} Finale 2000] )
*''[[Petrum Marcellum Venetum - O Petre, antisttes inclite (Johannes_Ciconia)|Petrum Marcellum Venetum - O Petre, antisttes inclite]]''   ( [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/3/3e/Johannes_Ciconia_Petrum_Marcellum.pdf {{pdf}}] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/0/00/Johannes_Ciconia_Petrum_Marcellum.mid {{mid}}] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/c/c1/Johannes_Ciconia_Petrum_Marcellum.mus Finale-2000] )
*''[[Petrum Marcello venetum - O Petre antistes inclite (Johannes_Ciconia)|Petrum Marcello venetum - O Petre antistes inclite]]''   ( [{{filepath:Johannes_Ciconia_Petrum_Marcellum.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Johannes_Ciconia_Petrum_Marcellum.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:Johannes_Ciconia_Petrum_Marcellum.mus}} Finale 2000] )
*''[[Venetie mundi splendor (Johannes_Ciconia)|Venetie mundi splendor]]''   ( [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/b/bd/Johannes_Ciconia_Venetie_mundi_splendor.pdf {{pdf}}] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/3/3d/Johannes_Ciconia_Venetie_mundi_a_3.mid {{mid}}] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/3/35/Johannes_Ciconia_Venetie_mundi_a_3.mus Finale-2000] )
*''[[Venetie mundi splendor (Johannes_Ciconia)|Venetie mundi splendor]]''   ( [{{filepath:Johannes_Ciconia_Venetie_mundi_splendor.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Johannes_Ciconia_Venetie_mundi_a_3.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:Johannes_Ciconia_Venetie_mundi_a_3.mus}} Finale 2000] )


==Publications==
==Publications==
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==External links==
==External links==


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Revision as of 06:12, 6 November 2008

Life

Born: c.1335 or c.1370

Died: June/July 1412

Biography: Johannes Ciconia was a late medieval composer and music theorist. He has possibly been conflated with his father of the same name in some biographical accounts, hence the uncertainty over his date of birth. All the composer's works are believed to date from later than about 1390.

Ciconia was born in Liège. A Johannes Ciconia, probably the composer's father, worked in Avignon in 1350 as a clerk for the wife of the nephew of Pope Clement VI. In 1358 this Johannes Ciconia settled in Italy, working in Padua. During his time in Italy, he traveled widely as an adjuct of Cardinal Gil Alvarez De Albornoz and came into contact with all of the local musical styles; evidently, he incorporated what he heard into his music. In 1372, he returned to Liège, where he stayed for an unknown amount of time; he is known to have fathered a family there, although he remained unmarried.

A second musician by the name of Johannes Ciconia appears in records in Liège in 1385 as a duodenus, generally a person of young age, and thus more likely the composer himself. Papal records suggest that this Ciconia was in the service of Pope Boniface IX in Rome in 1391. A lament he wrote on the death of Francesco de Carrara has been securely dated to 1393, giving further evidence for his being in Italy at that time. When Ciconia moved to Padua is unknown — with the possibility of an intermediate stay in Pavia being strongly asserted by Di Bacco and Nádas — but it is understood that he was in Padua by 1401, where he remained until his death.


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