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.
Ballo a 5 con doi Violini from Madrigali Guerrieri e Amorosi. Libro VIII, Venezia 1638
for: 5 Gesang (SSATB), 2 Violinen und Basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 554115
for: für Chor SSATB
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 1135345
for: Soli, Chor, Orchester
Piano reduction
Item no.: 288410
for: Soli [SAATB] and Piano
Score
Item no.: 984054
for: Instrumental Parts
Set of parts
Item no.: 1656239
for: 5-Part Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 852160
for: 7 Singstimmen Basso continuo
Stimme, Faksimile
Item no.: 485187
Marienvesper
for: gemischter Chor (SATTB/SATTB), Soli (SSAATTBB) und Orchester
Einzelstimme Flauto II
Item no.: 782285
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1204826
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 387526
Madrigali - aus Band 8/1 der GA
for: für 6 Singstimmen SSATTB, 2 Violinen und Basso continuo Violine 2
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1134819
Für Blockflötenquintett (SSATB
for: 5 recorders (SSATB)
Single part descant recorder 2
Item no.: 368001
für 4-stimmigen Männerchor
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 386463
for: 2 GES (ST) KLAV IT ENGL
Item no.: 120530
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 983435
Marienvesper SV 206
Urtext
Bläserstimmen (kompletter Satz)
for: 7 soloists (SSATTBB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 676279
Set of parts
Item no.: 1629527
Set of parts
Item no.: 1629346
Musica religiosa - aus Band 15/1 der GA
for: für Chor SSATTBB, 2 Violinen, 4 Posaunen (4 Viole da brazzo) und Basso continuo
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 1135466
Musica religiosa - aus Band 15/2 der GASV267
for: für Chor SSATB, Streicher und Basso continuo Violoncello 2
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1135188
Musica religiosa - aus Band 15/3 der GA
for: für Chor SSAATTBB, 2 Violinen und Basso continuo Violine 1/2, Viola 1-3, Violoncello 1-3, Posaune 1/2
Stimmensatz
Item no.: 206713
for: 5 Stimmen (SSATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 1134900
for: Soli [SAATB] and Orchestre
Score
Item no.: 984081
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 389578
for: für Chor SSAATTBB, 2 Violinen und Basso continuo
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 1135433
for: für Chor STB, 2 Violinen und Basso continuo
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 1135318
for: für 2 Soprane, 2 Tenöre, gemischten Chor (SSATTB) und Orchester
Vokalpartitur
Item no.: 1135082
for: für 6 Solstimmen, gemischten Chor (SSATTBB) und Orchester
Choir score
Item no.: 1134880
for: für 2 Stimmen ( 2 Sopran), 2 Violinen und Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 226094
for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 1172306
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 925742
for: 4 TRP ORG PK
Item no.: 277828
Madrigali - aus Band 8/1 der GA
for: für 6 Singstimmen SSATTB, 2 Violinen und Basso continuo Violoncello
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1135154
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 641311
for: 5 GES (SSATB)
Item no.: 120508
Für Blockflötenquintett (SSATB
for: 5 recorders (SSATB)
Treble recorder (single part)
Item no.: 655443
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 236102
Musica religiosa - aus Band 15/1 der GA
for: für Chor ATB, 2 Violinen und Basso continuo Violoncello
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1135504
Musica religiosa - aus Band 15/1 der GA
for: für Chor ATB, 2 Violinen und Basso continuo
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 1135454
Musica religiosa - aus Band 15/1 der GA
for: für Chor SSATTBB, 2 Violinen, 4 Posaunen (4 Viole da brazzo) und Basso continuo Viola 1
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1135210
Musica religiosa - aus Band 15/2 der GASV267
for: für Chor SSATB, Streicher und Basso continuo Violoncello 1
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1135191
Nr. 6 aus "Vespro della Beata Vergine"
for: für 2 Soprane, Alt, 2 Tenöre, Bass, gemischten Chor (SSATTB) und Orchester
Vokalpartitur
Item no.: 1135170
aus "Vespro della Beata Vergine"
for: für Soli: 2 Sopran, Alt, 2 Tenor, 2 Bass, Chor SATB und Orchester
Vokalpartitur
Item no.: 1134971
for: für Chor SSATB
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 1135349
for: für Chor SSATB
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 1134852
for: Voice and Instrumental
Score
Item no.: 992523
for: SOLI gemischter Chor, Streicher, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 463803
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