Giovanni Legrenzi (baptized August 12, 1626 – May 27, 1690) was an Italian composer and organist of the Baroque era. He was one of the most prominent composers in Venice in the late 17th century, and extremely influential on the development of late Baroque idioms across northern Italy. August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji. ... is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Giovanni Domenico Cassini observes differential rotation within Jupiters atmosphere. ... An organist is a musician who plays the organ, whether pipe or electronic. ... Baroque music describes an era and a set of styles of European classical music which were in widespread use between approximately 1600 and 1750 (see Dates of classical music eras for a discussion of the problems inherent in defining the beginning and end points). ... Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venezsia, Latin: Venetia) is a city in northern Italy, the capital of region Veneto, and has a population of 271,251 (census estimate January 1, 2004). ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ...

Life

He was born in Clusone, near Bergamo, and probably received his early training in Clusone. He served as organist to Santa Maria Maggiore there from 1645 to 1656. In 1656 he took a position at Ferrara as the maestro di cappella at the Accademia dello Spirito Santo, where he remained until 1665. Between 1665 and 1681 his activities are poorly documented, but he may have taught at the Venetian Ospedale dei Mendicanti sometime during these years. He was rejected for positions in many cities, including Vienna, Milan, Parma, Bologna, and Venice; and he declined positions in Modena and Bergamo. Panorama of the town in winter Clusone is a town in the province of Bergamo, Lombardia, Italy. ... Small street (via della Noca) leading to città alta. ... View of the Apse of Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo. ... // Events January 10 - Archbishop Laud executed on Tower Hill, London. ... // Events Mehmed Köprülü becomes Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. ... Ferrara is a city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, capital city of the province of Ferrara. ... Year 1665 (MDCLXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Events March 4 - Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania. ... “Wien” redirects here. ... This article is about the city in Italy. ... Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, famous for its architecture and the fine countryside around it. ... Bologna (IPA , from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in Emiliano-Romagnolo) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, in the Pianura Padana, between the Po River and the Apennines, exactly between the Reno River and the Sàvena River. ... Modena (Mòdna in Modenese dialect) is a city and a province on the south side of the Po valley, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. ...

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Music

Legrenzi was active in most of the genres current in northern Italy in the late 17th century, including opera, sacred vocal music and several varieties of instrumental music.

References

• Stephen Bonta: The Church Sonatas of Giovanni Legrenzi. Ph.D. Dissertation, Harvard University, 1964.
• Stephen Bonta: "Giovanni Legrenzi", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed June 27, 2005), (subscription access)
• Stephen Bonta: Studies in Italian Sacred and Instrumental Music in the 17th Century. Burlington, Ashgate Publishing Co, 2003. ISBN 0860788784
• L. Glenn Cockerham: The chamber sonatas and dances of Giovanni Legrenzi. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Kansas, 1988.
• Piero Fogaccia: Giovanni Legrenzi. Bergamo, Edizioni Orobiche, 1954.
• John Alexander MacDonald: The sacred vocal music of Giovanni Legrenzi. 2 vols. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Michigan, 1964.
• Francesco Passadore and Franco Rossi (eds.): Giovanni Legrenzi e la Cappella ducale di San Marco : atti dei convegni internazionali di studi, Venezia, 24-26 maggio 1990, Clusone, 14-16 settembre 1990. Florence : Olschki, 1994. ISBN 8822241649
• Eleanor Selfridge-Field, Venetian Instrumental Music, from Gabrieli to Vivaldi. New York, Dover Publications, 1994. ISBN 0-486-28151-5
• Eleanor Selfridge-Field, Pallade veneta : writings on music in Venetian society, 1650-1750. Venezia : Fondazione Levi, 1985. ISBN 88-7552-006-2
• J.D. (David) Swale: A thematic catalogue of the music of Giovanni Legrenzi (with an introduction and commentaries). 3 vols. Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Adelaide, 1984.
• Karin Anna Swanson: The secular vocal chamber music of Giovanni Legrenzi: M.Mus. Dissertation, University of Illinois, 1964.

Facsimiles and Editions

• Acclamationi divote a voce sola. Bibliotheca musica Bononiensis. Sezione IV 207 : Bologna, Forni 1980.
• Stephen Bonta (ed.): The instrumental music of Giovanni Legrenzi : sonate a due e tre, opus 2, 1655. Harvard Publications in Music, 14. Harvard University Press, 1984. ISBN 0674456203.
• Stephen Bonta (ed.): La Cetra : sonate a due, tre e quattro stromenti, libro quattro, opus 10, 1673. Harvard Publications in Music, 17. Harvard University Press, 1992. ISBN 0674456211.
• Howard Mayer Brown: Italian opera librettos : 1640-1770. Italian opera, 1640-1770 v. 60. New York : Garland, 1979. ISBN 0824026594.
• Howard Mayer Brown: Totila. Italian opera, 1640-1770 v. 9. New York : Garland, 1978. ISBN 082402608X.
• Cantatas by Antonio Cesti and Giovanni Legrenzi ; selected and introduced by David Burrows and Stephen Bonta. The Italian cantata in the seventeenth century ; vol.6. New York : Garland, 1986. ISBN 0824088808.
• Echi di riverenza : di cantate e canzoni. Archivum musicum. Cantata barocca ; 7. Firenze : Studio per edizioni scelte, 1980.
• Il Giustino : melodramma in tre atti. Collezione settecentesca Bettarini ; no. 12. Milano : Casa editrice Nazionalmusic, c. 1980.
• Joyce Johnson (ed.): Giovanni Legrenzi 1629-1690 II Sedecia / Bernardo Pasquini 1637-1710 Sant'Agnese. The Italian oratorio, 1650-1800 ; 8. New York, Garland, 1986. ISBN 0824077075.
• Jeffrey Kurtzman (ed.): Vesper and Compline Music for Three Principal Voices. Seventeenth-Century Italian Sacred Music ; 13. New York, Garland, 1998. ISBN 0815323603.
• Jeffrey Kurtzman (ed.): Vesper and Compline Music for Four Principal Voices. Seventeenth-Century Italian Sacred Music ; 14. New York: Garland, 1998. ISBN 0815324200.
• Jeffrey Kurtzman (ed.): Vesper and Compline Music for Five Principal Voices, Parts I-II. Seventeenth-Century Italian Sacred Music ; 15-16. New York: Garland, 1999-2000. ISBN 0815324219 (I) ISBN 0815324227 (II).
• Jeffrey Kurtzman (ed.): Vesper and Compline Music for Eight Principal Voices, Part One-Two. Seventeenth-Century Italian Sacred Music ; 18-19. New York: Garland, c.2001-2002. ISBN 0815324243 (I) ISBN 0815324251 (II).
• Anne Schnoebelen (ed.): Masses by Maurizio Cazzati, Giovanni Antonio Grossi, Giovanni Legrenzi. Seventeenth-Century Italian Sacred Music; 7. New York : Garland, 1997. ISBN 0815324138.
• Albert Seay (ed.): Cantatas and Canzonets for Solo voice, Part I: Music for alto and bass voices; Part II: Music for soprano or tenor voice. Recent Researches in the music of the Baroque era, 14, 15 : Madison, A-R Editions, 1972.
• Albert Seay (ed.): Sonate da chiesa, opus 4 [and] opus 8 (1656-1663). Le Pupitre, collection de music ancienne publiée sous la direction de François Lesure, 4. Paris : Heugel, 1968.

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External links

• Free scores by Giovanni Legrenzi in the Werner Icking Music Archive