Claudio Monteverdi


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Sat 21 Nov: Elijah Colston Hall, Bristol, UK
Sun 22 Nov: DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE: Complete organ works (6) Orsanmichele church, Florence, Italy
Mon 23 Nov: RAGA I (for percussion and orchestra) deSing
Sat 28 Nov: Contemporary piano music recital, Ljuba Moiz, piano Palazzo del Principe,Sala degli Argenti ,Genoa-Italy
Sun 29 Nov: A Concert by The Chiltern Camerata The Free Church, Woodside Road, Amersham, Bucks., England
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map iconMonteverdi MusicAtlas
♩ 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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