Monteverdi

Monteverdi

MonteverdiClaudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (May 15, 1567 (baptized) – November 29, 1643), was an Italian composer, gambist, and singer.

Monteverdi's work, often regarded as revolutionary, marked the transition from the music of the Renaissance to that of the Baroque. Enjoying fame in his lifetime, he wrote one of the earliest operas, L'Orfeo, which is still regularly performed.

Monteverdi composed at least eighteen operas, but only L'Orfeo, L'incoronazione di Poppea, Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria and the famous aria, Lamento, from his second opera L'Arianna have survived. From monody (with melodic lines, intelligible text and placid accompanying music), it was a logical step for Monteverdi to begin composing opera, especially for a dramatically inclined composer who loved grand effect. In 1607, the premiere of his first opera, L'Orfeo, took place in Mantua. It was normal at that time for composers to create works on demand for special occasions, and this piece was part of the ducal celebrations of carnival. (Monteverdi was later to write for the first opera houses supported by ticket sales which opened in Venice). L'Orfeo has dramatic power and lively orchestration and is arguably the first example of a composer assigning specific instruments to parts in operas. It is also one of the first large compositions in which the exact instrumentation of the premiere has come down to us.

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Total 87 sheet(s) found, listing between 60 - 80.
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Chiome d'oro anacrisccoelho (3)
5187d ago
10 Piano, Violin, Vocal, Viola Other
Adoramus te, Christe robiperf (10)
5187d ago
5 Piano, Vocal Book
T'amo mia vita lightning297 (55)
5191d ago
6 Vocal, Bass Other
Et resurrexit lightning297 (55)
5191d ago
6 Violin, Vocal, Bass Other
Duo Seraphim lightning297 (55)
5191d ago
10 Vocal Other
Canzonetta dali (44)
5198d ago
1 Piano, Vocal Original
Orfeo elettrochuck (5)
5208d ago
159 Vocal Transcription
Quel Sguardo Stegnosetto nikolaiedahl (8)
5227d ago
5 Piano, Vocal Other
Ecco mormorar l'onde rmaggio (17)
5243d ago
7 Vocal Original
Cantate Domino gandri3 (20)
5246d ago
6 Vocal Original
Hymnus: Ave Maris Stella gandri3 (20)
5246d ago
13 Vocal Original
Pur Ti Miro Siren973 (2)
5247d ago
6 Piano Other
Lasciatemi Morire Xandro (11)
5254d ago
1 Piano, Vocal Original
Lamento della Ninfa JeanPh (2)
5261d ago
6 Piano, Vocal, Organ Original
Lasciatemi Morire! pivia (2)
5295d ago
2 Piano, Vocal Transcription
Adoramus Te hammond76 (1)
5299d ago
5 Piano, Vocal Other
Se vittorie si belle michaelshu (1)
5303d ago
5 Piano, Vocal Transcription
Lasciatemi Morire lernaean (1)
5335d ago
1 Piano, Vocal Book
Maddalena cibelec (6)
5357d ago
5 Piano, Vocal Original
Scherzi (a voce sola) cibelec (6)
5357d ago
17 Piano, Vocal Original