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    Claudio Monteverdi

    Considered a child prodigy, Claudio Monteverdi produced his first music for publication, around the age of fifteen—some motets and sacred madrigals—the major genre of Italian secular music in the sixteenth century. At the age of twenty, he composed his first book of secular madrigals

    Born in Italy in 1567, Monteverdi is rated as one of the most important composers in the history of Western classical music. His revolutionary innovations have influenced 20th century composers, and he bestrode the Renaissance and Baroque musical eras. Monteverdi is credited with the distinction of being the first composer to develop opera to its full dramatic and musical potential.  The path from the earliest canzonettas and madrigals to his operatic work illustrates the shifts in music that occurred in the last decades of the 16th century and the first few of the 17th. He also did much to bring a modern secular spirit into church music.

    During his long life, Monteverdi produced e

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    Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's17 madrigals:
    1. Ch’io ami la mia vita, SV 23
    2. Se per havervi oimè, SV 24
    3. A che tormi il ben mio, SV 25
    4. Amor per tua mercè vatene a quella, SV 26
    5. Baci soavi e cari, SV 27
    6. Se pur non mi consenti, SV 28
    7. Filli cara e amata, SV 29
    8. Poi che del mio dolore, SV 30
    9. Fumia la pastorella, SV 31
      Almo divino raggio
      All’bora inom pastor tutti
    10. Se nel partir da voi, SV 32
    11. Tra mille fiamme e tra mille cathene, SV 33
    12. Usciam, ninfe, homai fuor di questi boschi, SV 34
    13. Questa ordì il laccio, SV 35
    14. La vaga pastorella sen va tra fiori, SV 36
    15. Amor, s’il tuo ferire, SV 37
    16. Donna, s’io miro voi, giaccio divengo, SV 38
    17. Ardo, sì, ma non t’amo, SV 39
      Riposta. Ardi o gela a tua voglia
      Contrariposta. Arsi e alsi a mia voglia
    Instrumentation SATBQ voices (Quinto, “Q” variously S, A, or T)
    1. SAATB [clefs: S=G2,A=C1,Q=C2,T=C3,B=C4]
    2. SSATB [G2,Q=G2,C2,C3,F3]
    3. SSATB [G2,Q=G2,C2,C3,F3]
    4. SSATB [G2,Q=G2,C2,C3,C4]
    5. SAATB [G2,
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      List of compositions by Claudio Monteverdi

      • Lapidabant Stephanum, SV 207
      • Veni sponsa Christi, SV 208
      • Ego sum pastor bonus, SV 209
      • Surge propera amica mea, SV 210
      • Ubi duo vel tres congregati fuerint, SV 211
      • Quam pulchra es et quam decora amica mea, SV 212
      • Ave Maria gratia plena, SV 213
      • Domine pater et deus, SV 214
      • Tu es pastor ovium, SV 215
      • O magnum pietatis, SV 216
      • O crux benedicta, SV 217
      • Hodie Christus natus est, SV 218
      • O domine Jesu Christe adoro te, SV 219
      • Pater venit hora clarifica filium tuum, SV 220
      • In tua patientia possedisti animam tuam, SV 221
      • Angelus ad pastores ait, SV 222
      • Salve crux pretiosa, SV 223
      • Quia vidisti me Thoma credidisti, SV 224
      • Lauda Syon salvatorem, SV 225
      • O bone Iesu illumina oculos meos, SV 226
      • Surgens Iesus dominus noster, SV 227
      • Qui vult venire post me abneget se, SV 228
      • Iusti tulerunt spolia impiorum, SV 229
      • Sacrosancta di Dio veraci imago, SV179
      • L'aura del ciel sempre fecond spiri, SV 180
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