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Showing posts with label Claudio Monteverdi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Claudio Monteverdi. Show all posts
18 March 2024

Gian Francesco Malipiero – composer and musicologist

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Musician revived interest in Monteverdi and composed music in the same spirit Malipiero was born into an  aristocratic Venetian family A com...
22 October 2019

Salvatore Di Vittorio – composer and conductor

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Musician has promoted his native Palermo throughout the world Salvatore Di Vittorio is the musical director and  conductor of the Cham...
8 October 2018

Giulio Caccini - composer

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16th century singer who helped create opera genre Giulio Caccini was at the forefront of a new musical movement The singer and composer ...
22 August 2018

Luca Marenzio – composer

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Madrigal writer influenced Monteverdi Luca Marenzio is believed to have been a singer employed by the Gonzaga family Luca Marenzio, ...
19 August 2018

Salomone Rossi - violinist and composer

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Leading Jewish musician of the late Renaissance  Salomone Rossi's talent with the violin earned him work for the Mantuan court T...
29 January 2017

Luigi Nono - avant-garde composer

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Venetian used music as a medium for political protest Luigi Nono: the composer who used his music to express his political viewpoint ...
3 December 2016

Nicolò Amati - violin maker

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Grandson of Andrea Amati produced some of world's finest instruments A portrait of Nicolò Amati by French artist Jacques-Joseph Le...
27 August 2016

Titian - giant of Renaissance art

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Old master of Venice who set new standards Titian, a self-portrait painted in about 1567, which can be found in the Prado in Madrid ...
20 August 2016

Jacopo Peri – composer and singer

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Court musician produced the first work to be called an opera The music and words from the prologue of Peri's Euridice The singer...
12 August 2016

Giovanni Gabrieli – composer

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Venetian musician inspired spread of the Baroque style The tomb of Giovanni Gabrieli in the Church of Santo Stefano in the San Marco d...