Camillo Cortellini

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Camillo Cortellini called Il Violino , (born January 24, 1561 in Bologna , † February 1630 ibid) was an Italian composer , conductor , instrumentalist and singer in the transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque .

Live and act

Camillo Cortellini received his first music lessons from his father Caspare Cortellini (called Il Viola ). He was a respected musician and played for many years as a trombonist and horn player in the Orchestra della Signoria di Bologna and in the Concerto Palatino . Camillo Cortellini then studied composition, singing and trombone with Alfonso Ganassi and in 1577, at the request of his father, also became a musician in the orchestra of the Senate - which, according to reports from Adriano Bianchieri, he led from 1613 until his death - and played the second soprano cornet in the concerto Palatino. In addition, Cortellini was from 1585 to 1629 in a row Kapellmeister ( Maestro di Cappella ), singer and trombonist at the Cathedral of Bologna and also worked as a singer and trombonist in the chapel of the Basilica of San Petronio . From around 1614 he was also Kapellmeister at the Chiesa di Santa Maria and in the last years of his life a member of the Accademia dei Filomusi , from which the Accademia Filarmonica later emerged.

Works

Cortellini composed both sacred and profane vocal and instrumental music

Madrigals and festival music

  • Primo Libro de Madrigali - for 5–6 voices (1583)
  • Secondo Libro de Madrigali - for 5 voices (1584)
  • Terzo Libro de Madrigali - for 5 voices (1586)
  • Azioni rappresentate in musica per la Festa della Porchetta di Bologna (1627)

Religious music

  • Antiphons
  • Litanies
  • Psalms
  • Magnificat
  • measure up

Web links

Works directories

Recordings

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ camillo cortellini - German digital library. Retrieved November 3, 2018 .
  2. ↑ CORTELLINI, Camillo in “Dizionario Biografico”. Retrieved November 2, 2018 (it-IT).
personal data
SURNAME Cortellini, Camillo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer, conductor, instrumentalist and singer
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1561
PLACE OF BIRTH Bologna
DATE OF DEATH around 1630
Place of death Bologna