Cristofano Malvezzi (baptised June 28, 1547 – January 22, 1599) was an Italian organist and composer of the late Renaissance. He was one of the most famous composers in the city of Florence during a time of transition to the Baroque style. (Some entries on this page have been duplicated on August 1. ... Events January 16 - Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia. ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Swedish King Sigismund III Vasa is replaced by his brother Charles IX of Sweden. ... An organist is a musician who plays the organ, whether pipe or electronic. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Renaissance music is classical music written during the Renaissance, approximately 1400 to 1600. ... Founded 59 BC as Florentia Region Tuscany Mayor Leonardo Domenici (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  102 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 356,000 almost 500,000 3,453/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 43°47 N 11°15 E www. ... Baroque music describes an era and a set of styles of European classical music which were in widespread use between approximately 1600 to 1750 (see Dates of classical music eras for a discussion of the problems inherent in help me im dieing the beginning and end points). ...

Malevezzi was born in Lucca. From 1551 he lived in Florence, serving the Medicis from 1562. He held a number of organist posts in the city, and also taught pupils, among them Jacopo Peri, who is often regarded as the inventor of opera. From 1573 he held the double post of maestro di cappella at the cathedral as well as at S Giovanni Battista, which was the highest position for a musician in the city. Among his works are three books of madrigals, a book of ricercars, but only two sacred compositions--a curious omission for a composer so closely connected with the church. Lucca (population 90,000) is a city in Tuscany, northern central Italy, near (but not on) the Ligurian Sea. ... Events Russia, Reforming Synod of the metropolite Macaire, Orthodoxy: introduction of a calendar of the saints and an ecclesiastical law code ( Stoglav ) Major outbreak of the sweating sickness in England. ... The Medici family was a powerful and influential Florentine family from the 13th to 17th century. ... Events Earliest English slave-trading expedition under John Hawkins. ... Jacopo Peri (August 20, 1561 – August 12, 1633) was an Italian composer and singer, often called the inventor of opera. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Events January - articles of Warsaw Confederation signed, sanctioning religious freedom in Poland. ... A madrigal is a setting for 4–6 voices of a secular text, often in Italian. ... A ricercar (or ricercare; the terms are interchangeable) is a type of late Renaissance and mostly early Baroque instrumental composition. ...

Because of his activity in Florence, the numerous intermedi that he wrote for the Medici and other members of the aristocracy, his dedication of a book of ricercars to Count Giovanni de' Bardi, and the dedication of a book of madrigals to Emilio de' Cavalieri, it is often speculated that he was a member of the Florentine Camerata, the group of progressive musicians and poets who, in attempting to recreate the music of ancient Greece, created the first monody and ultimately the first opera. Whether or not he was part of the intimate group, his music was among the best known in Florence. One of the grandest compositions of the time, a colossal setting of O fortunato giorno which he composed for a sumptuous intermedio intended for an aristocratic marriage, is for thirty separate vocal parts divided into seven spatially separated choirs. Some of his madrigals are written in the monodic style, which implies further a possible connection with the Camerata. The intermedio, in Italian Renaissance music, is a kind of music which was performed between acts of a play. ... The Medici family was a powerful and influential Florentine family from the 13th to 17th century. ... Giovanni de Bardi (February 5, 1534 – September 1612), Count of Vernio, was an Italian literary critic, writer, composer and soldier. ... Emilio de Cavalieri (c. ... The Florentine Camerata was a group of humanists, musicians, poets and intellectuals in late Renaissance Florence that gathered under the patronage of Count Giovanni de Bardi to discuss and guide trends in the arts, especially music and drama. ... Caccini, Le Nuove musiche, 1601, title page Monody is a kind of music distinguished by having a single melodic line and accompaniment. ...

Malvezzi's brother Alberigo (around 1550–1615) was also an organist and composer. Events February 7 - Julius III becomes Pope. ... Events June 2 - First Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France. ...

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• "Cristofano Malvezzi," in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie. 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1980. ISBN 1561591742