Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) is an Italian composer, who is perhaps the most well-known composer to precede J.S Bach. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore the wide world of Divino Claudio with Stretta Music today!
Claudio Monteverdi was born in Cremona in 1567, the same year Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina published the “Missa papae Marcelli”, a good example of the austere style imposed upon musicians by the Church at the time. Monteverdi was a pupil of Marc’Antonio Ingegneri, the choir master of Cremona Cathedral. His compositional talent was soon recognised, and at the age of 15 he published the “Sacrae cantiunculae”, compositions for three voices, at 16 the “Madrigali spirituali” and at 17 the “Canzonette”. In 1589, at the age of 22, he joined the Court of Mantua as a viola player, and in 1603 he became Maestro di Cappella. Ten years later, in 1613 he moved to Venice, to take up the same position at St. Mark’s Basilica, where he stayed until his death in 1643.
In Monteverdi’s “First Book of Madrigals” from 1587, one can already find progressive harmonic and melodic elements that break tradition, but it is his “Fifth Book of Madrigals” from 1605, that really marks the transition between the Renaissance and the Baroque periods. It was through his harmonic and melodic experimentation that Monteverdi coined the stile concitato, as seen in his famous “Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda” from 1624.
Divino Claudio, as Claudio Monteverdi is often referred to in Italy, is best known as the inventor of musical melodrama. Although he wrote at least 18 operas, only “L’Orfeo”, 1607, the aria “Lamento d’Arianna” from “L’Arianna”, 1608, “Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria”, 1640, and the “Incoronazione di Poppea”, 1643, have been preserved.
Interesting that Monteverdi chose to write “L’Orfeo” as one of his first theatrical works, the “Fable in Music” dedicated to the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is said to be the first work in the history of music, and it is the same story that ends an era, namely with “Orpheus” by Gluck. According to Claudio Toscani, Orpheus is “the first real protagonist in the history of modern musical theatre”, and with him the history of opera really began.
Contemporary musicologists have devoted much attention to Monteverdi and his compositions. Gian Francesco Malipiero commissioned the publication of Opera Omnia to “spread the works of one of Italy’s true geniuses” and “to show once again how great manifestations of art always remain modern’.
The Monteverdi Festival takes place in Cremona every year, where the Fondazione Claudio Monteverdi, which is dedicated to the critical editions of his work, is located.
A fresh rose is regularly placed at the tomb of Claudio Monteverdi in the Basilica dei Frari di Venezia.
for: Chor SSATTB, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1337196
Favola in Musica
for: Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 743935
aus Selva morale e spirituale (1641)
for: SSATB, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1338191
Score
Item no.: 1337387
for: 5 Stimmen
Score
Item no.: 1336850
Marienvesper
for: SSAATTTTBB, Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 735751
Non si levav' ancor
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 784380
from the 1610 Vespers
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 744639
for: 5 brass players, organ
Organ score, Parts
Item no.: 1265840
for: Brass quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1265736
aus Il secondo libro de madrgali 1590
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Score
Item no.: 1338204
aus Il secondo libro de madrigali 1590
for: SSATB
Score
Item no.: 1338203
Psalm from the vesper of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1610
for: gemischter Chor (SATB/SAB) und Basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 794035
Lamento d'Arianna, part III
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 782072
aus: Marienvesper
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), SATB, 4, 8 Melodieinstrumente, Orgel, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1340254
Score
Item no.: 1338197
Marienvesper
for: Soli SSATTBB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), SATB, Flöten (2), 2 Fifari, 3 Ctto, Posaunen (3), Violinen (2), Violen (3), Cello, Vn, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1337389
Hymn from the vesper of the Blessed Virgin Mary
for: gemischter Chor (SATB/SATB) und Basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 795681
Cruda Amarilli
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 743834
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for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1478713
aus Il secondo libro de madrigali 1590
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Score
Item no.: 1338207
aus Il quinto libro de madrigali 1605
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Score
Item no.: 1338199
Marienvesper
for: Soli SSATTBB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), SATB, Flöten (2), 2 Fifari, 3 Ctto, Posaunen (3), Violinen (2), Violen (3), Cello, Vn, Basso continuo
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1336975
Marienvesper
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Einzelstimme Cornetto I
Item no.: 782286
Marienvesper
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Einzelstimme Violino da brazzo I
Item no.: 782292
Marienvesper
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Einzelstimme Instrumental Quintus
Item no.: 782303
Marienvesper
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Einzelstimme Cornetto II
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Era l'anima mia
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Choir score
Item no.: 729156
Marienvesper
for: gemischter Chor (SATTB/SATTB), Soli (SSAATTBB) und Orchester
Einzelstimme Contrabasso da gamba
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Preist diesen Tag der Freude / Froher Tag, lichter Tag
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Choir score
Item no.: 751746
Marienvesper
for: Soli SSATTBB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), SATB, Flöten (2), 2 Fifari, 3 Ctto, Posaunen (3), Violinen (2), Violen (3), Cello, Vn, Basso continuo
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Item no.: 1336974
Marienvesper
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Einzelstimme Violino da brazzo II
Item no.: 782293
Marienvesper
for: gemischter Chor (SATTB/SATTB), Soli (SSAATTBB) und Orchester
Einzelstimme Cornetto III
Item no.: 782288
A un Giro De'Bell'occhi
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 721624
O Mirtillo
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 755300
Marienvesper
for: Soli SSATTBB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), SATB, Flöten (2), 2 Fifari, 3 Ctto, Posaunen (3), Violinen (2), Violen (3), Cello, Vn, Basso continuo
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1336976
2. O my love Theseus
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 755302
Marienvesper
for: gemischter Chor (SATTB/SATTB), Soli (SSAATTBB) und Orchester
Einzelstimme Bassus generalis
Item no.: 782305
Marienvesper
for: Soli SSATTBB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), SATB, Flöten (2), 2 Fifari, 3 Ctto, Posaunen (3), Violinen (2), Violen (3), Cello, Vn, Basso continuo
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1336977
Marienvesper
for: gemischter Chor (SATTB/SATTB), Soli (SSAATTBB) und Orchester
Einzelstimme Fifara I
Item no.: 782282
Marienvesper
for: gemischter Chor (SATTB/SATTB), Soli (SSAATTBB) und Orchester
Einzelstimme Fifara II
Item no.: 782283
Marienvesper
for: gemischter Chor (SATTB/SATTB), Soli (SSAATTBB) und Orchester
Einzelstimme Violino da brazzo IV
Item no.: 782297
Marienvesper
for: gemischter Chor (SATTB/SATTB), Soli (SSAATTBB) und Orchester
Einzelstimme Instrumental Cantus
Item no.: 782299
Marienvesper
for: gemischter Chor (SATTB/SATTB), Soli (SSAATTBB) und Orchester
Einzelstimme Flauto I
Item no.: 782284
Marienvesper
for: gemischter Chor (SATTB/SATTB), Soli (SSAATTBB) und Orchester
Einzelstimme Instrumental Sextus
Item no.: 782304
for: Soli, gemischter Chor, Streicher und Basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 733753
Marienvesper
for: gemischter Chor (SATTB/SATTB), Soli (SSAATTBB) und Orchester
Einzelstimme Instrumental Tenor
Item no.: 782301
Marienvesper
for: gemischter Chor (SATTB/SATTB), Soli (SSAATTBB) und Orchester
Einzelstimme Flauto II
Item no.: 782285
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