Monteverdi biography summary worksheet

          Monteverdi was an Italian composer, gambist and Catholic priest, born.

        1. Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi was a world-renowned Italian composer who was most known for his madrigals and operas.
        2. Claudio Monteverdi was born in northern Italy and it was quickly realized that the young composer was a child prodigy.
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          5. Claudio Monteverdi was born in northern Italy and it was quickly realized that the young composer was a child prodigy....

          Monteverdi's long life is easily divided into three main sections: the years of childhood and adolescence at Cremona(1567-1589), his musical services at the ducalcourt of Mantua (c.

          1590-1612) and finally his appointment as "maestrodi cappella" of St. Mark's, Venice(1613-1643), a post he retained to his death.
           

          Cremona - 1567-1589

          In Cremona Monteverdi became a pupil of Marc' Antonio Ingegneri. His first musical endeavors are collected in the "Cantiunculaesacrae" of 1582, the "Madrigali spirituali"of 1583, and the "Canzonette a 3 voci"of 1584.  They amply testify to Monteverdi's early mastery of thetraditional technique of vocal polyphony.

          Mantua (Ducal Court) - 1590-1612

          Monteverdi served for almost twelve years under the court conductorsGiaches De Wert and Benedetto Pallavicino as violist, cantore and laterassistant conductor.  His fame as a composer of progressive and harmonicallydaring madrigals was established with the publication of the Madri