12 Facts About Domenico Bartolucci

Domenico Bartolucci was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church.

Domenico Bartolucci was the former director of the Sistine Chapel Choir and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and was recognized in the field of music both as a director and a prolific composer.

At a very young age, Domenico Bartolucci entered the seminary in Florence, where he was recruited as a singer.

In 1997 Domenico Bartolucci was replaced at the helm of the Sistine Chapel by Msgr.

Domenico Bartolucci was a child prodigy, having composed his first Mass at age 12; his best-known Mass is the "Misa Jubilei," written in the Holy Year 1950.

The concept of music for Domenico Bartolucci is based on naturalness and spontaneity.

Characteristic of Domenico Bartolucci's aesthetic conception is a respect for tradition, whose base lies in "a considerable severity of song and a certain limpid and solid polyphony", as he describes in the preface to his First Book of Motets.

Domenico Bartolucci was created Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimi Nomi di Gesu e Maria in Via Lata, usually referred to as Gesu e Maria.

At his elevation, Domenico Bartolucci became the fourth-oldest member of the college.

Domenico Bartolucci was excused from the requirement that a cardinal be or become a bishop.

Domenico Bartolucci died on 11 November 2013, at the age of 96.

The Pope described Domenico Bartolucci as a "dear and esteemed priest, illustrious composer, and musician, who exercised his long ministry particularly through sacred music, which is born of faith and expresses faith".