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Composer

Claudio Monteverdi

Italian composer, string player, choirmaster, and priest (1567–1643)

1567–1643

528 works in the index

Born
1567
Died
1643
Birthplace
Cremona
Citizenship / historical state
Republic of Venice
Period (estimated from birth year)
Renaissance

Biography

Claudio Monteverdi, the great Italian composer of the early Baroque period, was born on May 15, 1567 in Cremona, east of Milan. He was a gambist, that is, a performer on the viola da gamba, a stringed instrument central to the music of his time.

In 1607, Monteverdi composed L’Orfeo, to a libretto by Alessandro Striggio. This is an operatic re-telling of the classical legend of Orpheus, who descended into Hades in an unsuccessful attempt to bring his beloved Eurydice back to the world of the living. L’Orfeo remains in the operatic repertoire today.

Monteverdi is also remembered for his sacred music, notably his Vesper Psalms, which some musicologists see as foreshadowing Handel’s Messiah and Bach’s St Matthew Passion.

His final work was L’incoronazione di Poppea (The Coronation of Poppea), composed in 1642, the year before his death. This, too, survives as part of the operative canon.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Voice, Piano, violin, Choir, Viola
Genres represented
Classical
Works with composition dates
11 of 528

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 10 of 11

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Ch'io gli parli — —— VoiceClassical —
Deh non parlare — —— VoiceClassical —
Zitti, zitti moviamo — —— VoiceClassical —
Scorrendo uniti — —— VoiceClassical —
Si, vendetta — —— VoiceClassical —
V'ho ingannato — —— VoiceClassical —
Ah, la paterna mano — —— VoiceClassical —
Una macchia e qui tuttora! — —— VoiceClassical —
O vecchio cor, che batti from I DUE FOSCARI — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
In braccio alle dovizie from I VESPRI SICILIANI — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
Orpheo : 'Moresca' Performed by Claudio Monteverdi — —— FluteClassical 1
Illustratevi, o cieli — —— Low VoiceClassical 1
Tacea la notte placida from IL TROVATORE — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
Caro nome che il mio cor from RIGOLETTO — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
Merce, dilette amiche from I VESPRI SICILIANI — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
Volta la terrea fronte alle stelle from Un ballo in maschera — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
Ritorna vincitor from AIDA — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
Grand March from 'aida' — —— Piano, violin, Double BassClassical —
Stornello — —— VoiceClassical —
Ernani! Ernani, involami from ERNANI — —— VoiceClassical —
Parmi veder le lagrime from RIGOLETTO — —— VoiceClassical —
O don fatale from DON CARLO — —— —Classical —
Stride la vampa from IL TROVATORE — —— —Classical —
Di quella pira l'orrendo foco from Il trovatore — —— VoiceClassical —
Eri tu che macchiavi quell'anima from UN BALLO IN MASCHERA — —— VoiceClassical —
Dio di Giuda from NABUCCO — —— VoiceClassical —
O Carlo ascolta... lo morro from Don Carlo — —— VoiceClassical —
O tu, Palermo, terra adorata from I VESPRI SICILIANI — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
Come dal ciel precipita from MACBETH — —— VoiceClassical —
Celeste Aida from AIDA — —— VoiceClassical —
Di provenza il mar, il suol from LA TRAVIATA — —— VoiceClassical —
Corigiani, vil razza dannata from RIGOLETTO — —— VoiceClassical —
Il lacerato spirito from SIMON BOCCANEGRA — —— VoiceClassical —
Parigi, o cara from LA TRAVIATA — —— —Classical —
Ancho'io dischiuso un giorno from NABUCCO — —— VoiceClassical —
Non so le tetre immagini from IL CORSARO — —— VoiceClassical —
Vola talor dal carcere from IL CORSARO — —— VoiceClassical —
Pace, pace, mio Dio from LA FORZA DEL DESTINO — —— VoiceClassical —
O fatidica foresta from GIOVANNA D'ARCO — —— VoiceClassical —
To puniscimi, o Signore from LUISA MILLER — —— VoiceClassical —
Come in quest' ora bruna from SIMON BOCCANEGRA — —— VoiceClassical —
Beatus vir Performed by Claudio Monteverdi — —— Voice, ChoirClassical —
Christe, adoramus te Performed by Claudio Monteverdi — —— Voice, ChoirClassical —
Gran dio! from ERNANI — —— VoiceClassical —
A dio, Roma from L'INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA — —— —Classical —
Al suon del tamburo from LA FORZA DEL DESTINO — —— —Classical —
Condotta ell'era in ceppi from IL TROVATORE — —— —Classical —
Mentri gonfiarsi l'anima from ATTILA — —— —Classical —

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 44485902. Portrait: Bernardo Strozzi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.