I tre libri di salmi vespertini a otto voci (opp. I, VII e XI) di Giovanni Paolo Colonna

Le tre raccolte di salmi da vespro a otto voci nello stile pieno di Giovanni Paolo Colonna (Bologna 1637-1695), pubblicate rispettivamente nel 1681, nel 1686 e nel 1694 (opp.I, VII e XI), costituiscono un oggetto di studio privilegiato nell’ambito della ricca produzione a stampa dell’autore: in primo luogo, esse ebbero ampia e favorevole recezione, come testimoniano la diffusione degli esemplari, le ristampe, le copie manoscritte ricavate dalle edizioni; in secondo luogo, la fortuna postuma del compositore fu legata in buona parte alla sua musica sacra a doppio coro e, in particolare, al favore riscosso dai suoi libri di salmi; infine, l’analisi delle tre raccolte consente di confrontare le risorse tecniche e stilistiche messe in opera da Colonna in composizioni afferenti a uno stesso genere ma risalenti a periodi diversi. La dissertazione è articolata in tre parti: nella prima sono presi in esame gli ordinamenti liturgici secenteschi relativi alla celebrazione dei vespri, onde illustrare la cornice rituale alla quale i salmi di Colonna erano destinati, e si passano in rassegna alcune definizioni di stile pieno e di contrappunto a otto voci desunte dalla trattatistica coeva. La seconda parte è dedicata alla lettura storico-critica delle opp. I, VII e XI nel contesto generale della produzione dell’autore. La terza parte contiene l’edizione integrale dell’opera VII e XI, nonché una scelta di brani tratti dall’op. I.

Transformations of bridging ligands in diiron complexes: unconventional routes to new functionalized multisite bound organic frames

The main scope of this Ph.D. thesis has concerned the possible transformations of bridging ligands in diiron complexes, in order to explore unconventional routes to the synthesis of new functionalized multisite bound organic frames. The results achieved during the Ph.D. can be summarized in the following points: 1) We have extended the assembling between small unsaturated molecules and bridging carbyne ligands in diiron complexes to other species. In particular, we have investigated the coupling between olefins and thiocarbyne, leading to the synthesis of thioallylidene bridging diiron complexes. Then, we have extended the study to the coupling between olefins and aminocarbyne. This result shows that the coupling between activated olefins and heteroatom substituted bridging carbynes has a general character. 2) As we have shown, the coupling of bridging alkylidyne ligands with alkynes and alkenes provides excellent routes to the synthesis of bridging C3 hydrocarbyl ligands. As a possible extension of these results we have examined the synthesis of C4 bridging frames through the combination of bridging alkylidynes with allenes. Also in this case the reaction has a general character. 3) Diiron complexes bearing bridging functionalized C3 organic frames display the presence of donor atoms, such as N and S, potentially able to coordinate unsaturated metal fragments. Thus, we have studied the possibility for these systems to act as ‘organometallic ligands’, in particular towards Pd and Rh. 4) The possibility of releasing the organic frame from the bridging coordination appears particularly appealing in the direction of a metal-assisted organic synthesis. Within this field, we have investigated the possibility of involving the C3 bridging ligand in cycloaddition reactions with alkynes, with the aim of generating variously functionalized five-membered cycles. The [3+2] cyclization does not lead to the complete release of the organic fragment but rather it produces its transformation into a cyclopentadienyl ring, which remains coordinated to one Fe atom. This result introduces a new approach to the formation of polyfunctionalised ferrocenes. 5) Furthermore, I have spent a research period of about six months at the Department of Inorganic Chemistry of the Barcelona University, under the supervision of Prof. Concepción López, with the aim of studying the chemistry of polydentate ferrocenyl ligands and their use in organometallic synthesis.