Puccini・Mass,Sacred songs Literal Translation

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 Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Puccini
1858-1924
                         

The page of the literal translation for Puccini's masses & anthems

It is needless to say that it is how important thing to sing when each word of the words is fully understood on the occasion of singing a vocal music text in music.
But there are not many sites or books which explain the word for word translation of the text.
This page was made by this viewpoint so that it could answer such needs at all. Though it is still only on the amateur stage, I want to make this a better page by everyone's support. I am happy if I could have an advice to me about a point to modify.

Though there are many fundamentally common words among various masses, each mass has its slightly different contents,structure and backgrounds.On the top of these contents,I tryed to explain its proper nouns and the special words and phrases used in masses as well.

 You can understand more easily the words if you study the text,listening the actual performance of CDs

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1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning.  3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4In him was life, and that life was the light of men.

 
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Biography:Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Puccini

Giacomo Puccini was born on December 22, 1858, to a family of church musicians in Lucca. He first studied with his uncle at the Instituto Pacini in Lucca, but a performance of Verdi's Aida brought forth a love for operatic composition. Puccini attended the Milan Conservatory and studied under Bazzini and Ponchielli. His first opera, Le Villi, was written in 1884, at the age of 26.

The opera "Edgar," written in 1893, was a failure, but "Manon Lescaut" proved to be an international success. More successes followed, including three of the most popular operas in history: "La Boheme" (1896), "Tosca" (1900), and the incomparable "Madama Butterfly," written in 1904. For each opera, Puccini collaborated with the librettists Illica and Giacosa. The successful team broke up with Giacosa's death in 1906.

Domestic tragedies plagued the rest of Puccini's life. His next opera, "The West," did not appear until 1910. Although containing many musical and stylistic innovations, this opera has never received the popular acclaim of his earlier work.

Other operas followed, by none of them were commercial or critical successes. The production of "La Jolie Fille de Perth" was met with better reviews, but not commercial acclaim. The same was true of "Djamileh," written in 1871.

Puccini's final opera, "Turandot," produced in 1926, is a grand and ambitious piece. Sadly, the work was unfinished and the final act had to be written by Franco Alfano. The conductor, Leopold

Stokowski, later refused to conduct the final act; instead, he told the audience, "and here the composer laid down his pen." Stokowski then left the stage.

Puccini died on November 29, 1924 in Brussels at the age of 65.





  • List of Puccini's Operas

    • 1852 La Maison du Docteur
    • 1884 Le Villi
    • 1889 Edgar
    • 1893 Manon Lescaut
    • 1896 La Boheme
    • 1900 Tosca
    • 1904 Madama Butterfly
    • 1910 La Fanciulla del West
    • 1917 La Rondine
    • 1918 Il Trittico
    • 1918 Gianni Schicchi
    • 1926 Turandot

            

Puccini's statue in the piazza close to his birthplace in his hometown of Lucca.
Puccini's statue in the piazza close to his birthplace in his hometown of Lucca.


Giacomo Puccini with conductor Arturo Toscanini

Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Puccini

Born: 22-Dec-1858
Birthplace: Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
Died: 29-Nov-1924
Location of death: Brussels, Belgium
Cause of death: Cancer - Throat
Remains: Buried, Torre del Lago

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Composer

Nationality: Italy
Executive summary: Madame Butterfly

Father: (d. 1863)
Wife: Elvira Gemignani (m. 1904)
Son: Antonio (b. 1890 out of wedlock, with Elvira)
    University: Milan Conservatory (1880-83)

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Feb.9,2008(Sat) 7pm Brahbms:Ein deutsches Requiem(Meguro persimmon)
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Finished Concerts(Main ones)

Feb.9,2008(Sat) 7pm Brahbms:Ein deutsches Requiem(Meguro persimmon)
 
Nov.2,2007 Mozart :Requiem(St.Luke International Chapel)
Feb.9,2008(Sat) 7pm Brahbms:Ein deutsches Requiem(Meguro persimmon)
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2007 St.Luke's International Hospital, Chapel Choir
 Summer Concert Program
Date: Aug.26(Sun) 2007 arround 10:30 after the Service

Place: Karuizawa Shaw Memorial Chapel
Program:1) Locus iste A.Bruckner 2) Tantum ergo A.Bruckner 3) Virga esse A.Bruckner
4) Jesu dulcis memoria T.L.Victoria 5) Panis angelicus G.P.Palestrina 7) Above all praise F.Mendelssohn Etc.


Karuizawa Shaw Memorial Chapel

5/12(Sat)7pm Tokyo International Singers 
Program:Rossini Stabat Mater & Puccini Messa di Gloria
Tokyo new city orchestra
Conducted by: Marcel L'Esperance 
Soprano:Kaori Hirai Mezzo Sop:Machiko Suzuki Tenor:Dominique Morarez Bass:Tetsuo Kitamura
Venue:Meguro Persimmon Hall Tichet Price:¥2,900

3/18(Sun):Schubert Mass No.6 Concert

Conducted by:Bon Fujisaki Senzoku Orchestra 
Venue
 Maeda-hallSenzoku Maeda Hall(SENZOKU MUSIC College) 

By :Senzoku Gakuen college of Music Kanai seminar
Co-By :Franz Schubert Society

 2/18(Sun)Charity Concert 
Program:Schubert Mass No.6、Kyrie,Gloria Sopranos solo,Piano & Organa soloソプラ
Venue:Catholic Saginuma Church 14:30pm Tichet Price:¥2000(To be donated for Church renewal Construction)

 Bruckner 《Mass No.3"Mass in F minor" 》 Brahms Nanie
Feb.10 2007(Sat) at 7:00Pm
Tokyo International Singers With Tokyo City orchestra
Conducted by: Marcel L'Esperance  Venue:New Suginami Hall New Suginami-ku Large Hall

Countdown Concert of Beethoven No.9 at IKSPIARI
19pm in Dec.31 Disney Resort
Directed by Takashi Kinoshita Urayasu City Orchestra
◆Solists◆
Soprano:Toshimi Nagayasu Alto:Tomoko Kasahara Tenor:Izumi Furusawa Bass:Licht Furusawa
Chorus:IKSPIARI CountDown No.9 Chorus Chorus Director:Licht Furusawa

Gloria chapel in ShinagawaMessiah
Dec.5(Tue) at 6pm Venue:Gloria chapel
Program:Oratorio Messiah HWV.56 G.F.Handel
Conducted by:Keizo Fujimoto
St.Luke's International Hospital, Chapel Choir
Summer Concert Program
Date: Aug.27(Sun) 2006 arround 10:30 after the Service

Place: Karuizawa Shaw Memorial Chapel
Program:O saviour of the world(J.Goss&A.Somervell)、
Haec dies(J.Arcadert&W.Byrd)
Ave verum corpus(E.Elgar&W.A.Mozart)


Karuizawa Shaw Memorial Chapel

Prof.KanaiSeminar's Ensemble & Schubert Mass No.6 Concert
July.15(Sat):13:30〜SCHUBERT Choir(Soli)(Will take Solo part together with students)
Program:Schubert Mass No.6 Conductor : Mayumi Motomura
Orchestra :Senzoku Gakuen Orchestra
 
Venue:
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 By :Senzoku Gakuen college of Music Kanai seminar
Co-By :Franz Schubert Society

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