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Isochronic.
A term applied to Text-setting in which new syllables are enunciated at regular intervals, regardless of the number of notes per syllable.
Isoiar, Nicolò.
See Isouard, Nicolò.
Isoir, André
(b Saint Dizier, 20 July 1935). French organist. He studied in Paris with Edouard Souberbielle at the Ecole César Franck, and then with Rolande Falcinelli at the Conservatoire, where in 1960 he won a premier prix for organ and improvisation. He won the St Albans International Organ Competition in 1965 and the Haarlem Competition in three consecutive years, 1966–8. Isoir was organist of the Paris churches of St Médard, 1962–7, and St Séverin, 1967–73, and in 1973 was appointed organist of St Germain-des-Prés. Although he won the composition prize of the Amis de l’Orgue with his Variations sur un psaume huguenot (1974), his career has been as a performer. He has specialized in French music of the 17th and early 18th centuries, and has explored little-known works by such composers as Titelouze, Lebègue, Boyvin, Dandrieu and Séjan. In his approach to the technique and registration of this repertory Isoir has been influenced by his interest in the construction and restoration of old organs. He has made many recordings, including the extensive compilation Le livre d’or de l’orgue français and works by Couperin, Grigny, Franck and Jehan Alain. He has also recorded the complete organ works of Bach. In 1978 he was appointed professor of organ at the Orsay Conservatoire.
FRANÇOIS SABATIER
Isola, Gaetano
(b Genoa, 1754; d Genoa, 17 July 1813). Italian composer. It is known from a letter he wrote to Padre Martini (in I-Bc) that he spent about ten years at the Palermo Conservatory studying for a diploma as maestro di cappella. Returning to Genoa in 1775 he began a career as a composer and music director. From 1777 to 1796 he was maestro di cappella at various churches and from 1789 maestro al cembalo at the Teatro S Agostino, of which he also seems to have been director at least for the last years of his life. In 1800 he was a member of the music section of the Istituto Nazionale della Liguria.
Between 1785 and 1797 six operas and an oratorio by him were performed in Genoa, Turin, Florence and Lisbon to public acclaim. Two in particular were big spectacle pieces. For La conquista del vello d’oro Boggio chose a mythological subject on which to construct an opera in the French style. It incorporates a dance of the infernal spirits and some machine spectacle in the form of a fire-breathing dragon and a temple of the sun appearing in mid-air. The trio that closes Act 2 contains programmatic storm music, generously scored for percussion and wind including solo bassoon, clarinet and trumpet in addition to the usual oboe and horn. In Le danaidi, the innovatory librettist Sertor provided a formally more fluid work including many ensembles, choruses and pantomime. Two of the ensembles involve some action, and several include a chorus.
Besides operas Isola wrote songs and sacred and instrumental music; his works survive only in manuscript. His sacred music includes a Credo and four-voice mass for the coronation of the doge Raffade de Ferrari, dated 25 November 1787. Isola also composed a few cantatas for the Accademia biennale delle Scuole Pie in Genoa. Of his stage works, in most cases only the librettos and a few arias survive. His pupils included the English tenor and composer John Braham.
WORKS sacred
MSS in I-Gl unless otherwise stated
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Sant’Elena al Calvario (orat, P. Metastasio), Lisbon, 1791, music lost
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In convertendo, S, insts, Tunc dicent, Venientes, Sicut erat, all 1779; Confitebor, vv, insts, 1780; Tota pulchra, TTB, insts, 1780; Tantum ergo, A, org, 1780; Homo natus, T, insts, 1781; Manus tuae, 1v, insts, 1781; Regina celi, SA, orch, 1784; Parce mihi, B, insts, 1784; Tantum ergo, S, insts, 1784; Gratias, T, insts, 1785; Mass, 3–4vv, insts, 1785; Solus erro, motet, T, insts, 1785; Pellis meae, 3vv, insts, 1785; Tantum ergo, T, insts, 1786; Nunc dimittis e miserere, TB, insts, 1786; Cr, SATB, insts, 1787; Mass, SATB, insts, 1787; Cr, TB, insts, 1793; Off, SATB, insts, 1793; Veni sancte, SATB, insts, 1794; Cr, TB, b, I-Gsl; Laudate, A, insts; Mass, TB, org, Gsl; Qui abitat, 4vv, insts, Quoniam, T, insts
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Medonte, Genoa, S Agostino, carn. 1785, scena and rondo I-Gl, MOe
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L’isola dei portenti (dg per musica, 2, P. Calvi), Voltri, nr Genoa, Palazzo Brignole Sale, aut. 1788, Gc
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Lisandro (dramma serio per musica, 3, F. Ballani), Genoa, S Agostino, carn. 1790, duet I-MOe, scena and rondo Gl
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La conquista del vello d’oro (dramma per musica, 3, G. Boggio), Turin, Regio, 26 Dec 1790, excerpts D-Dl, CH-Gc, aria I-Gl, Tn, aria Tf, P-La
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Le danaidi (dramma per musica, 3, G. Sertor), Florence, Pergola, aut. 1792
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‘Melodramma patriottico’ (G. Sauli), Genoa, S Agostino, 9 July 1797
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Arias for insertion in: Artaserse, 1794 [comp. unknown], I-Gl, Rsc; Nasolini: La morte di Cleopatra, 1795, Gl; Virginia, 1798 [various comps.], Gl; Mayr: Lodoiska, 1799, Gl; Mayr: Ginevra di Scozia, 1802, Gl; Cimarosa: Penelope, 1803, Gl; Paisiello: I zingari in fiera, 1806, Gl; others for unspecified ops, CMbc, Gl, PAc, Tci
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Other vocal: Cant., STB, insts, I-Gl; 2 other cants., lost; Duettino notturno, S, T, str, 2 hn, op.2, 1790, D-Bsb
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Inst: Sym, 1784, I-Gl*; Conc., D, hpd, str, Gl; Conc., C, hpd, str, Gl [inc; vn 1 only]
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C. Gervasoni: Nuova teoria di musica (Parma, 1812), 164
L. Grillo: ‘Gaetano Isola’, Giornale degli studiosi di lettere, scienze, arti e mestieri, i (1869), 209
A. Basso: Storia del Teatro Regio di Torino, v: Cronologie (Turin, 1988), 151
C. Bongiovanni: Il fondo musicale dell’Archivio capitolare del duomo di Genova (Genoa, 1990), 44–54
D. Calcagno: ‘L'opera di Gaetano Isola e gl'interessi musicali dell'Istituto nazionale’, Atti dell'Accademia ligure di scienze e lettere, l (1993), 411–31
C. Bongiovanni: ‘Aspetti di vita musicale settecentesca a genova dall'epistolario di padre G.B. Martini’, La Berio, xxxv/2 (1995), 49–74
CARMELA BONGIOVANNI, MARITA P. McCLYMONDS
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