Licinio Refice
About the composer
Licinio Refice was born in Patrica, Italy, in 1883. He studied at the Liceo di Santa Cecilia in Rome. In 1910 he became a priest and for some 40 years he teached church music at the Scuola Pontificia Superior di Musica Sacra of the Vatican. He was a friend and admirer of Lorenzo Perosi, choirmaster and composer at the Sistine Chapel, who made his first publication financially possible. Refice’s music was regarded by some of his contemporaries as a little too theatrical for sacred music, and in fact Refice composed some quite successful operas, the most well-known being Cecilia. It was also regarded as a bit scandalous that he appeared in theatres to conduct these works. Therefore, to some it may have appeared a kind of justification that Refice died while conducting his opera Cecilia (Rio de Janeiro, 1954). Refice composed a great body of sacred music, for instance some 30 masses and 10 oratorios
About the Stabat Mater
| Date: | ca. 1916 |
| Performers: | Soprano, tenor and pianoforte |
| Length: | 26.22 minutes |
| Particulars: | In this performance of the Stabat Mater a pianoforte is used instead of more extended instrumentation. The work is not divided into clearly discernable sections. Generally, the music is simple and melodious, quite suited for use in liturgy. |
| Textual variations: | The "Vatican" text is used, with no changes. |
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Information about the recording
| CD: | ARES di Verona – Licinio Refice, Stabat Mater |
| More info: | Not the real CD, but a copy. Beside the Stabat Mater it contains a number of other compositions of Refice. It was recorded at the Chiesa di S.Giovanni Battista, in Patrica, February 2000. I received this CD as a present from my friend Franco Nava from Rho, Italy. |
| Choir: | Coro da Camera "Daniele Paris" |
| Conductor: | Antonio d'Antò |
| Soloists: | Anita Selvaggio, soprano |
| Other works: | Ombra di Nube |
| Code: | REF-01 |
