Vincenzo Ugolini (b. c. 1580 in Perugia; † May 6, 1638 in Rome) was an Italian chapel master and composer.
Vincenzo Ugolini received his musical training in Rome with the brothers Giovanni Maria and Giovanni Bernardino Nanino at San Luigi dei Francesi. He then worked as a chapel master at various churches in Rome, holding the same position at Benevento Cathedral between 1603 and 1615. From 1616 he was chapel master at S. Luigi and from 1621 he was director of the Cappella Giulia at St. Peter's Basilica. In 1626 he had to retire from this post for health reasons, but from 1631 until his death he was again Kapellmeister at S. Luigi. His was succeeded by Orazio Benevoli.[1] Along with Antonio Cifra, Virgilio Mazzocchi or Giacomo Carissimi, Ugolini was one of the important kapellmeisters of Rome in the early 17th century.
Ugolini created masses, madrigals, motets, and other vocal works, some in eight- and twelve-part settings, in which he is recognizably in the tradition of Palestrina. On the other hand, in many of his works the beginnings of the "Stile nuovo", the basso continuo style, are already recognizable.[1] Ugolini shaped his motets according to the style of the concertante motet (concertato style), popular since their creation, as it was first used in Viadana's "Cento concerti Ecclesiastici" of 1602.
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