Eine wenig bekannte Facette. Überlegungen zum kompositorischen Schaffen Fortunato Santinis.

Up to now the Roman theologian Fortunato Santini (1778-1861) has been primary viewed as an important collector of music. His library, which was used by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Otto Nicolai and many more, is today stored in the Diözesanbibliothek Münster. Only little was known about Santinis numerous sacred and secular compositions. The article brings this field of activity into focus by looking at the context and reception. A characteristic of Santini is the reciprocation of his scopes (collector, arranger, composer, priest). Interestingly not only his teachers (Giuseppe Jannacconi and Giovanni Guidi) appraised his works, he also asked other musicians and musicologists (such as Giuseppe Baini, François-Joseph Fétis and Raphael Georg Kiesewetter) for advice. Santinis dedications emphasize his well-tended network of contacts (for example with the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin). With regard to the reception of Santinis compositions a divergence of contemporary and posthumous estimations is to state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]