Ippolito Baccusi
Ippolito Baccusi (also Baccusii, Hippolyti) (c. 1550 – 2 September 1609) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance, active in northern Italy, including Venice, Mantua, and Verona. A member of the Venetian School of composers, he had a strong reputation as a master of counterpoint, and wrote both sacred and secular vocal music.
Ippolito Baccusi
![Titre uniforme: Marenzio, Luca (1553?-1599). Compositeur. [Cantava la più vaga pastorella] Titre uniforme: Dentice, Fabrizio (1539?-1581). Compositeur. [Ahi crudel stato mio. Voix (5)] Titre uniforme: Giaches de Wert (1535-1596). Compositeur. [Cara la vita mia. W I, 45] Titre uniforme: Monte, Philippe de (1521-1603). Compositeur. [La dolce vista (Madrigal)] Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Nervi_d%27Orfeo%2C_di_eccellentiss%28imi%29_autori%2C_a_cinque_et_sei_voci%2C_nuovamente_con_ogni_diligentia_raccolti%2C_et_sequendo_l%27ordine_de%27_suoi_toni_posti_in_luce_-_bpt6k4500435k_%28001_of_592%29.jpg/1280px-Nervi_d%27Orfeo%2C_di_eccellentiss%28imi%29_autori%2C_a_cinque_et_sei_voci%2C_nuovamente_con_ogni_diligentia_raccolti%2C_et_sequendo_l%27ordine_de%27_suoi_toni_posti_in_luce_-_bpt6k4500435k_%28001_of_592%29.jpg)
Van Haestens, Hendrik Lodewijcxszoon (1566?-1629). Éditeur scientifique Marenzio, Luca (1553?-1599). Compositeur Bassani, Orazio (1550-1615). Compositeur Faignient, Noë. Compositeur Zoilo, Annibale (1 · Bibliothèque nationale de France · Public domain
- Died
- 1609. · Verona.
- Occupation
- composer.
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Ippolito Baccusi (also Baccusii, Hippolyti) (c. 1550 – 2 September 1609) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance, active in northern Italy, including Venice, Mantua, and Verona. A member of the Venetian School of composers, he had a strong reputation as a master of counterpoint, and wrote both sacred and secular vocal music.
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Born at Mantua in 1540, died in Verona in 1609.
Ippolito Baccusi (1540–1609) was a composer.
![Titre uniforme: Marenzio, Luca (1553?-1599). Compositeur. [Cantava la più vaga pastorella] Titre uniforme: Dentice, Fabrizio (1539?-1581). Compositeur. [Ahi crudel stato mio. Voix (5)] Titre uniforme: Giaches de Wert (1535-1596). Compositeur. [Cara la vita mia. W I, 45] Titre uniforme: Monte, Philippe de (1521-1603). Compositeur. [La dolce vista (Madrigal)] Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Nervi_d%27Orfeo%2C_di_eccellentiss%28imi%29_autori%2C_a_cinque_et_sei_voci%2C_nuovamente_con_ogni_diligentia_raccolti%2C_et_sequendo_l%27ordine_de%27_suoi_toni_posti_in_luce_-_bpt6k4500435k_%28002_of_592%29.jpg/800px-Nervi_d%27Orfeo%2C_di_eccellentiss%28imi%29_autori%2C_a_cinque_et_sei_voci%2C_nuovamente_con_ogni_diligentia_raccolti%2C_et_sequendo_l%27ordine_de%27_suoi_toni_posti_in_luce_-_bpt6k4500435k_%28002_of_592%29.jpg)
Titre uniforme: Marenzio, Luca (1553?-1599). Compositeur. [Cantava la più vaga pastorella] Titre uniforme: Dentice, Fabrizio (1539?-1581). Compositeur. [Ahi crudel stato mio. Voix (5)] Titre uniforme: Giaches de Wert (1535-1596). Compositeur. [Cara la vita mia. W I, 45] Titre uniforme: Monte, Philippe de (1521-1603). Compositeur. [La dolce vista (Madrigal)] Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire
Van Haestens, Hendrik Lodewijcxszoon (1566?-1629). Éditeur scientifique Marenzio, Luca (1553?-1599). Compositeur Bassani, Orazio (1550-1615). Compositeur Faignient, Noë. Compositeur Zoilo, Annibale (1 · Bibliothèque nationale de France
![Titre uniforme: Marenzio, Luca (1553?-1599). Compositeur. [Cantava la più vaga pastorella] Titre uniforme: Dentice, Fabrizio (1539?-1581). Compositeur. [Ahi crudel stato mio. Voix (5)] Titre uniforme: Giaches de Wert (1535-1596). Compositeur. [Cara la vita mia. W I, 45] Titre uniforme: Monte, Philippe de (1521-1603). Compositeur. [La dolce vista (Madrigal)] Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Nervi_d%27Orfeo%2C_di_eccellentiss%28imi%29_autori%2C_a_cinque_et_sei_voci%2C_nuovamente_con_ogni_diligentia_raccolti%2C_et_sequendo_l%27ordine_de%27_suoi_toni_posti_in_luce_-_bpt6k4500435k_%28003_of_592%29.jpg/800px-Nervi_d%27Orfeo%2C_di_eccellentiss%28imi%29_autori%2C_a_cinque_et_sei_voci%2C_nuovamente_con_ogni_diligentia_raccolti%2C_et_sequendo_l%27ordine_de%27_suoi_toni_posti_in_luce_-_bpt6k4500435k_%28003_of_592%29.jpg)
Titre uniforme: Marenzio, Luca (1553?-1599). Compositeur. [Cantava la più vaga pastorella] Titre uniforme: Dentice, Fabrizio (1539?-1581). Compositeur. [Ahi crudel stato mio. Voix (5)] Titre uniforme: Giaches de Wert (1535-1596). Compositeur. [Cara la vita mia. W I, 45] Titre uniforme: Monte, Philippe de (1521-1603). Compositeur. [La dolce vista (Madrigal)] Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire
Van Haestens, Hendrik Lodewijcxszoon (1566?-1629). Éditeur scientifique Marenzio, Luca (1553?-1599). Compositeur Bassani, Orazio (1550-1615). Compositeur Faignient, Noë. Compositeur Zoilo, Annibale (1 · Bibliothèque nationale de France
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1540
Ippolito Baccusi was born on 1 January 1540.
1609
Ippolito Baccusi died on 2 September 1609.
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Mantua.
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Verona.
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- 1.harvsp Myers 2016 id=Grove2016
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Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- The Italian Madrigal. Princeton University Press. 1949. 0-691-09112-9.
- Music and Patronage in Sixteenth-Century Mantua. Cambridge University Press. 1980. 0-521-08833-X.
- Patricia Ann. Myers. Baccusi, Ippolito. Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. 2016.
- Music in the Renaissance. W.W. Norton & Co. 1954. 0-393-09530-4.
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