th
12
Grade Music
Appreciation Class
Ms. Yvonne Broome
Teacher
A Historical Study
On The Life
Of Italian Composer
Mr. Claudio Monteverdi
(1567-1643)
Born in
Cremona, Italy
He Is the Oldest Child of
Baldassare and Maddelena
Monteverdi
In Cremona
As a Teen
He studies music at Cremona Cathedral
under maestro di cappella (music director)
Marc' Antonio Ingegneri.
He becomes an accomplished musician.
He begins to compose and publish his
musical works.
Monteverdi
The Musician at Mantua
Worked for the
influential Gonzaga
Family.
He was appointed
as suonatore di
vivuola
(violin player)
to Duke Vincenzo I.
Life in Venice
Monteverdi was
appointed as the
maestro di
cappella at the
Cathedral of
St. Marks.
Monteverdi
Married Claudia de
Cattaneis, a court
singer.
They had three
children.
His Musical Compositions
Includes:
Motets-a polyphonic choral
composition on a sacred text
usually without instrumental
accompaniment.
Canzonettas-a part-song
resembling but less elaborate
than a madrigal.
Masses-a musical setting for
the ordinary of the Mass.
Ballets-a theatrical art form
using dancing, music, and
scenery to convey a story,
theme, or atmosphere.
Oratorios-a lengthy choral
work usually of a religious
nature consisting chiefly of
recitatives, arias, and choruses
without action or scenery.
However, He Is Noted For
His Development Of:
Madrigals-a complex
polyphonic
unaccompanied vocal
piece on a text.
&
Operas-a drama set to
music and made up of
vocal pieces with
orchestral accompaniment
and orchestral overtures
and interludes.
Two Of His
Famous Operas Were:
His
First
Opera
And L’incoronatione Di Poppea
His Last
Monteverdi the Communicator
In addition to
composing music,
Monteverdi loved
to write letters
many of which
have been collected
and preserved.
Claudio Monteverdi
Composed music during the late
Renaissance and early Barogue
periods.
It is believed that he “. . .was one of
the most gifted and prolific composers
. . .”(MacClintuck 1982, 176)
The End
“ It is finished. ”
Credits:
“Master Musicians” / Monteverdi
by Denis Arnold
“Reading in the History of Performances”
by Carol MacClintuck
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