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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 9 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
Quand'ero paggio — —— VoiceClassical —
E Sogno? O Realta — —— VoiceClassical —
Me pellegrina ed orfana — —— VoiceClassical —
Deh! non m'abbandonar — —— VoiceClassical —
Or muoio tranquillo — —— VoiceClassical —
Egli e salvo! — —— VoiceClassical —
Lorche pifferi e tamburi — —— VoiceClassical —
Rataplan, della gloria — —— VoiceClassical —
Le menaccie, fieri — —— VoiceClassical —
Al suon del tamburo — —— VoiceClassical —
Pace, Pace, Mio Dio — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
Urna Fatale — —— VoiceClassical —
Madre,Pietosa Vergine — —— VoiceClassical —
Abbietta zingara — —— VoiceClassical —
Mori di paura — —— VoiceClassical —
Di tale amor — —— VoiceClassical —
Un istante almen — —— VoiceClassical —
Mesta e la tua conzon! — —— VoiceClassical —
Ardir! andiam — —— VoiceClassical —
Degg'io volgermi — —— VoiceClassical —
E deggio e posso — —— VoiceClassical —
Squilli, echeggi — —— VoiceClassical —
Tua prole, o turpe — —— VoiceClassical —
L'onda de' suoni — —— VoiceClassical —
Mira, di acerbe — —— VoiceClassical —
Si, la stanchezza — —— VoiceClassical —
Parlar non vuoi? — —— VoiceClassical —
Condotta Ell'era In Ceppi — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
Ahi Troppo E Duro — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
Volta La Terrea Fronte — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
Re Dell'abisso, Affrettati — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
Oh Di' Verd' Anni Mici — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
Eri Tu Che Macchiavi — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
In Un Fiorito Prato — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Through your pride — —— VoiceClassical —
Oh, tell if my faithful — —— VoiceClassical —
It's comedy or fiction — —— VoiceClassical —
When my sorrows at last — —— VoiceClassical —
Do you know that each heartbeat — —— VoiceClassical —
Look, how at midnight — —— VoiceClassical —
The fate that bids us stay apart — —— VoiceClassical —
Stabat Mater — —— Voice, ChoirClassical —
Laudi Alla Vergine — —— Voice, ChoirClassical —
Lo Vedremo,Veglio Audace — —— VoiceClassical —
Cortigiani,Vil Razza — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
Pieta, Rispetto, Amore — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
Infelice! E Tuo Credevi — —— Piano, VoiceClassical —
Tutto e festa — —— VoiceClassical —

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.