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12th Grade Music Appreciation Class
Ms. Yvonne Broome
Teacher
A Historical Study
On The Life
Of Italian Composer
Mr. Claudio Monteverdi(1567-1643)
Born in Cremona, Italy
He Is the Oldest Child of
Baldassare and Maddelena
Monteverdi
In CremonaAs a Teen
He studies music at Cremona Cathedral under maestro di cappella (music director) Marc' Antonio Ingegneri.
He becomes an accomplished musician.
He begins to compose and publish his musical works.
Monteverdi The Musician at Mantua
Worked for the influential Gonzaga
Family.He was appointed
as suonatore di vivuola
(violin player) to Duke Vincenzo I.
Life in Venice
Monteverdi was appointed as the
maestro di cappella at the Cathedral of
St. Marks.
Monteverdi
Married Claudia de Cattaneis, a court singer.
They had three children.
His Musical Compositions Includes:
Motets-a polyphonic choral composition on a sacred text usually without instrumental accompaniment.
Canzonettas-a part-song resembling but less elaborate than a madrigal.
Masses-a musical setting for the ordinary of the Mass.
Ballets-a theatrical art form using dancing, music, and scenery to convey a story, theme, or atmosphere.
Oratorios-a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery.
However, He Is Noted For His Development Of:
Madrigals-a complex polyphonic unaccompanied vocal piece on a text.
&Operas-a drama set to music and made up of vocal pieces with orchestral accompaniment and orchestral overtures and interludes.
Two Of His Famous Operas Were:
His
First
Opera
And L’incoronatione Di Poppea
His Last
Monteverdi the Communicator
In addition to composing music,
Monteverdi loved to write letters many of which
have been collected and preserved.
Claudio Monteverdi
Composed music during the late Renaissance and early Barogue
periods.
It is believed that he “. . .was one of the most gifted and prolific
composers . . .”(MacClintuck 1982, 176)
The End
“ It is finished. ”
Credits:
“Master Musicians” / Monteverdi
by Denis Arnold
“Reading in the History of Performances”
by Carol MacClintuck
www.hoasm.org
www.karadar.com
www.marinellapennicchi.com
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