Claudio Monteverdi


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Sat 7 Nov: EL NUEVO MUNDO. 17th & 18th-Century Spain and the Colonial Latin Americas. Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York, USA
Sat 7 Nov: Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble Concert Trinity Chapel, Berkeley, CA, USA
Sat 7 Nov: Concerto per la beata Vergine SATB choir, oboe New York City Church of the Hole Trinity, New York, USA
Sun 8 Nov: EL NUEVO MUNDO. 17th & 18th-Century Spain and the Colonial Latin Americas. Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York, USA
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(1846) Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Premiere of Symphony no. 2 in C major op. 61, in Leipzig, Germany, with Mendelssohn conducting.
(1846) Robert Schumann: Premiere of Symphony no. 2 in C major op. 61, in Leipzig, Germany, with Mendelssohn conducting.
(1882) Bedřich Smetana: Premiere of Má Vlast, in Prague, Czech Republic.
(1888) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Premiere of Symphony no. 5 in e minor op. 64, in St. Petersburg, with Tchaikovsky conducting.
(1895) Richard Strauss: Premiere of Till Eulenspieges Lustige Streiche op. 28, in Cologne, Germany.

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♩ Italian composers
♩ Baroque composers
♩ Renaissance composers
♩ Venetian School
Born: 15 May 1567 — Cremona — Italy
Died: 29 November 1643 — Venezia — Italy
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Life

Bibliography: Gary Tomlinson, "Monteverdi and the end of the renaissance" (Oxford University Press)

Another good book: Paolo Fabbri: Monteverdi (Turino, 1985)

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Italy, Cremona, Piazza Cavour —

Statue of Monteverdi (1967)
Italy, Cremona, Via Amati / Vicolo Lauretano Sant' Abbondio —

baptismal church of Monteverdi *1567
Italy, Venezia - San Marco, Calle Canonica Canonica —

Monteverdi (from 1623), Cavalli - memorial tablet of Lorenzo Perosi.
Italy, Venezia - San Polo, Campo dei Frari Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari — 29 Nov 1643

Grave and monument of Monteverdi (Cappella di S. Ambrogio); Grave of Giovanni Picchi.

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24 February 1607: Premiere of Orfeo, in Mantua, Italy.

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