MUS 15 Study Guide - Final Guide: Arcangelo Corelli, Patronage, Pamphili Family
Mus 15 Final Study Guide
Unit 1 Questions
What made Arcangelo Corelli so important in the aspirational social scene of late seventeenth-century
Rome?
○Talk about the papacy?
■Have to talk about the pope
■Having music/orchestra could contribute in a pleasing way in order to increase
the power
○Corelli used really big orchestras
■He became a public figure because of this
■This lead to the people who hired him getting prestige
■He’s name brand that’s worth something
■Hes an important central figure
■Hiring him increases their prestige
○Art was a form of competition and pope most important person in Rome and he was
interested in the arts because it increased his prestige (seen in military commissioning of
paintings of him)
○Corelli responsible for the emergence of the modern orchestra along with Lully
■Made violins prominent
■Cello lowest instrument
○Cardinal pamphili his patron
■Worked for him full time
■Then moved up to a better patron cardinal Pietro ottoboni (richer) and allowed
him to take on other jobs/work
○Lead huge orchestras became a brand
What might Corelli’s patrons have stood to gain from the act of patronage?
○In previous question
○Mention a specific patron
■Ottoboni
○If musician/composer became famous, then it made the patron look good and powerful
○Corelli became famous so gave prestige to the patron
What unique aspects of Rome’s power structure/social scene led to Corelli’s success?
Document Summary
What made arcangelo corelli so important in the aspirational social scene of late seventeenth-century. Having music/orchestra could contribute in a pleasing way in order to increase the power. He became a public figure because of this. This lead to the people who hired him getting prestige. Art was a form of competition and pope most important person in rome and he was interested in the arts because it increased his prestige (seen in military commissioning of paintings of him) Corelli responsible for the emergence of the modern orchestra along with lully. Then moved up to a better patron cardinal pietro ottoboni (richer) and allowed him to take on other jobs/work. If musician/composer became famous, then it made the patron look good and powerful. Corelli became famous so gave prestige to the patron. The papacy is elected, and they are elected by the cardinals (have a lot of power)
