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Claudio Monteverdi
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Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considered a c
Monteverdi in c. 1630
Monteverdi in c. 1630
Cremona Cathedral, where Monteverdi's teacher Ingegneri was maestro di capella
Cremona Cathedral, where Monteverdi's teacher Ingegneri was maestro di capella
Duke Vincenzo I Gonzaga in his coronation robes (1587, by Jeannin Bahuet [it])
Duke Vincenzo I Gonzaga in his coronation robes (1587, by Jeannin Bahuet [it])
The only certain portrait of Claudio Monteverdi, from the title page of Fiori poetici, a 1644 book of commemorative poems for his funeral
The only certain portrait of Claudio Monteverdi, from the title page of Fiori poetici, a 1644 book of commemorative poems for his funeral
Vespro della Beata Vergine
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Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206, is a musical setting by Claudio Monteverdi of the evening vespers on Marian feasts, scored for soloists, choirs, and orchestra. It is an ambitious work in scope and
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…output, including many stage works, has been lost. His surviving music includes nine books of madrigals, large-scale religious works, such as his Vespro della Beata Vergine (Vespers for the Blessed Virgin) of 1610, and three complete operas. His opera L'Orfeo (1607) is the earliest of the genre still widely performed…
Title page of the "Bassus Generalis" for one of the partbooks in which the Vespers were published in 1610
Title page of the "Bassus Generalis" for one of the partbooks in which the Vespers were published in 1610
The basilica of St. Barbara, the ducal palace church at Mantua
The basilica of St. Barbara, the ducal palace church at Mantua
From the Magnificat, a page from the alto partbook (short score), the voice part left and continuo part right
From the Magnificat, a page from the alto partbook (short score), the voice part left and continuo part right
Cornetto player
Cornetto player