Natale Monferrato
Natale Monferrato (1603–1685) was an Italian baroque composer. He was a pupil of Giovanni Rovetta, then was a singer in St Mark's Basilica in Venice, and then with the aid of Francesco Cavalli vicemaestro, or maestro di coro (1647–76). On 30 April 1676 he became director, after a competition with Giovanni Legrenzi, another of Rovetta's pupils, and Pietro Andrea Ziani.
Natale Monferrato
- Born
- 1603 · Venice.
- Died
- 1685 · Venice.
- Nationality
- Republic of Venice
- Occupation
- composer
- Movements
- Baroque music
- Teachers
- Alessandro Grandi · Giovanni Rovetta
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Natale Monferrato (1603–1685) was an Italian baroque composer. He was a pupil of Giovanni Rovetta, then was a singer in St Mark's Basilica in Venice, and then with the aid of Francesco Cavalli vicemaestro, or maestro di coro (1647–76). On 30 April 1676 he became director, after a competition with Giovanni Legrenzi, another of Rovetta's pupils, and Pietro Andrea Ziani.
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He was earlier maestro at the Mendicanti. He was the financial backer of the Venetian music publisher Giuseppe Sala. Following his death the junior post of maestro di coro fell to Giandomenico Partenio (1685–89), then Antonino Biffi (1699–1730).
• Edition: Alma redemptoris mater 1962 - 10 pages • Edition: Natale Monferrato, Complete Masses, edited by Jonathan R. J. Drennan, Recent Researches in the Music of the Baroque Era, vol. 186 (Middleton, Wis.: A-R Editions, 2014) • Recording: Alma redemptoris mater; Psalm. Carolyn Watkinson, Gonzaga Band, Chandos Classics, 2011.
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- 1.Maria Teresa Muraro Studi sul teatro veneto fra Rinascimento ed età barocca 1971 - Natale Monferrato (1603-1685) scolaro di Rovetta, visse a Venezia nell'ambito della Cappella di S. Marco: fu aiuto di F. Cavalli quindi vicemaestro della Cappella (1647), infine (1676) direttore, in concorrenza con Legrenzi e Ziani.
- 2.Royal Musical Association research chronicle: Volume 37 Royal Musical Association - 2004 "The only other contender was Carlo Grossi (at the time holding a post at the Ospedaletto) whom Sartorio defeated by three votes. The maestro di cappella at that time was Natale Monferrato (1603-1685), who had been elected to the post ..."
- 3.Venetian instrumental music from Gabrieli to Vivaldi Eleanor Selfridge Field - 1994 Natale Monferrato (1603-85), Legrenzi and Giandomenico Partenio (? — 1701) — all to be maestri di cappella at San Marco — were maestri at the Mendicanti ...
- 4.Stefano Ajani. Sala, Giuseppe. Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. 2001. 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.24349.
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