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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 6 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
Tra mille fiamme - Voice — —— —Classical 1
Toccata - Tuba 2 — —— —Classical 1
Era l' anima mia già presso - From "Madrigali à 5 voci" Book 5 - SV96 — —— —Classical 1
Donna nel mio ritorno - Score — —— —Classical 1
Se nel partir de voi - Alto — —— —Classical 1
Cruda Amarilli - Euphonium 1 — —— —Classical 1
Ch'io ami la vita mia - From "Madrigali à 5 voci" Book 1 - SV23 — —— —Classical 1
Ohimè! Se tanto amate - From "Il Quarto Libro de Madrigali" - SV85 — —— —Classical 1
M'è più dolce il penar per Amarilli - From "Madrigali à 5 voci" Book 1 - SV23 — —— —Classical 1
Spernit Deus - Ma tu più che mai dura - Score — —— —Classical 1
Donna nel mio ritorno - Alto — —— —Classical 1
Non sono in queste rive - Score — —— —Classical 1
Tra mille fiamme - Alto — —— —Classical 1
Cruda Amarilli - Euphonium 2 — —— —Classical 1
O Mirtillo - From "Madrigali à 5 voci" Book 5 - SV95 — —— —Classical 1
Non più guerra! Pietate! - From "Il Quarto Libro de Madrigali" - SV88 — —— —Classical 1
Ardo si ma non t'amo - Score — —— —Classical 1
O Rosignuol - Score — —— —Classical 1
Toccata - Euphonium 1 BC/TC — —— —Classical 1
Cruda Amarilli - Tuba 1 — —— —Classical 1
A Gentle Alleluia — —— ChoirClassical 1
Ave Maris Stella from the 1610 Vespers — —— Piano, Clarinet— 1
3 Madrigals — —— —— 1
Toccata from L'Orfeo — —— Tuba— 1
Pur ti Miro, pur ti godo — —— VoiceClassical 1
Il Lamento D'arianna (L'arianna) — —— —— —
Il Tartaro Ama Asteria (Handel) — —— Voice HighClassical —
Amarilli, Onde M'assale — —— Mezzo Soprano VoiceClassical —
Vaghi Rai Di Cigli Ardenti — —— Mezzo Soprano VoiceClassical 0
Sinfonia avanti il Prologo — —— Piano, violin, Voice, ViolaClassical 2
Scena I — —— Piano, violin, Voice, ViolaClassical 2
Sinfonia. Di misera Regina non terminati mai — —— Piano, violin, Voice, ViolaClassical 2
Sinfonia. Duri, e penonsi son gl'amorosi — —— Piano, violin, Voice, ViolaClassical 2
Scena IV — —— Piano, violin, Voice, ViolaClassical 2
Superbo e l'huom — —— Piano, violin, Voice, ViolaClassical 2
Scena VI — —— Piano, violin, Voice, ViolaClassical 2
Scena VII — —— Piano, violin, Voice, ViolaClassical 2
Sinfonia. Cara e lieta gioventu. — —— Piano, violin, Voice, ViolaClassical 2
Tu d'Aretusa al fonte intanto vanne — —— Piano, violin, Voice, ViolaClassical 2
Scena XI — —— Piano, violin, Voice, ViolaClassical 2
Come mal si salva un reggio ammanto — —— Piano, violin, Voice, ViolaClassical 2
Scena XII — —— Piano, violin, Voice, ViolaClassical 2
Pastor d'armenti puo prati e boschi lodar — —— Piano, violin, Voice, ViolaClassical 2
Ulisse generoso — —— Piano, violin, Voice, ViolaClassical 2
Sinfonia. Lieto cammino, dolce viaggio — —— Piano, violin, Voice, ViolaClassical 2
O gran figlio d'Ulisse — —— Piano, violin, Voice, ViolaClassical 2
Che veggio, oime, che miro? — —— Piano, violin, Voice, ViolaClassical 2
Eurimaco, la donna insomma — —— Piano, violin, Voice, ViolaClassical 2

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.