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.
1. Ah, leave me here to perish
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 755301
Madrigal aus Il secondo libro de madrigali
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 795665
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339593
for: Soli, Chor SSATTB, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1337398
Score
Item no.: 1337388
for: SSATB, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1338198
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 904312
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 666484
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 661168
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 409582
for: 8 Gesang (SSAATTBB), 2 Violinen und Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 446486
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 163648
for: für Sopran, Streicher und Orgel oder Cembalo
Score
Item no.: 113245
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 124514
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1874
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 895462
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850648
aus der Oper "L´Orfeo"
(Ausgabe in B-, C- und D-Dur)
for: Trumpet, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1631783
Drei- bis achtstimmige Bearbeitungen
for: Brass ensemble
Ensemble score
Item no.: 775602
Marienvesper SV 206
Urtext
Komplettes Orchestermaterial
for: 7 soloists (SSATTBB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 635776
aus der Oper L'Orfeo
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 670980
Monteverdi-Rezeption und frühes Musiktheater im deutschsprachigen Raum
Perspektiven der Opernforschung 3
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 206659
aus Band 6 der GA
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1676947
Sätze in hohen Schlüsseln
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Soprane solo (2), Alt solo (Alte solo (2)), Tenöre solo (3), Bässe solo (2), Gemischter Chor:SSATTB, Gemischte Chöre (2):SATTB, Zink (3), Violinen (3), Violen (3), Cello, Kontrabass, Flöten (2), Blockflöten (2), Posaunen (3), Bass-Posaune (tief), (Orgel, Basso continuo)
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 873109
Vom Madrigal zur Monodie
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 278784
for: Choir
Item no.: 613638
7. Se per estremo ardore
for: SAATB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629571
8. Luci serene e chiare
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629492
21. Arsi ed alsi a mia voglia - Contrarisposta
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629767
8. Tutte le bocche belle
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1204123
3. Bevea Fillide mia
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1204110
aus der Oper "L'Orfeo"
for: 2 trumpets, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 781336
16. Sì, ch’io vorrei morire
for: SAATB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1204109
10. Poi ch’ella in sé tornò, deserto e muto - Terza e ultima parte
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629777
7. Filli cara ed amata
for: SATTB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629739
Set of parts
Item no.: 1629753
from Madrigali Guerrieri e Amorosi. Libro VIII
Set of parts
Item no.: 1629345
Acht Madrigale
for: SAATB
Choir score
Item no.: 989784
for: BFL QUINTETT (AATTB)
Item no.: 131408
Book
Item no.: 666924
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 624972
L'incoronazione di Poppea
for: Voice (alto/mezzo-soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 743785
for: 3 voices [women's choir] (SSA)
Choir score
Item no.: 861966
for: 5 recorders (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 549894
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 363738
(Urtext)
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 207530
Score
Item no.: 1337386
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