Gian Pietro Del Buono

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Gian Pietro Del Buono (* 1610) was an Italian composer of the Baroque .

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So far there is hardly any information about Gian Pietro Del Buono's life, neither about his life dates nor about his places of work. He became known for his collection of vocal and instrumental works, published in Palermo in 1641, “ Canoni, oblighi et sonate in varie maniere sopra l'Ave maris stella ... a 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 et 9 voci e le sonate a 4 ". The collection contains 84 canons and 14 sonatas for keyboard instrument, on the theme contained in the title. The collection was dedicated to the Genoese nobleman Giovanni Ambrosio Scriabini, who lives in Sicily. In the foreword Del Buono expressly refers to the model on which his work is based on Francesco Soriano's Canoni e obligati di cento e dieci sorte, sopra l'Ave maris stella (Rome, 1610).

In the 14 sonatas, the term “ sonata ” appears for the first time in history in a solo piece for keyboard instruments. For this reason, the musicologist Willi Apel counted this in his book History of Organ and Piano Music up to 1700 as one of the most important representatives of the southern Italian piano school of the 17th century, although these pieces still have little in common with the solo sonata, which developed almost simultaneously.

A handwritten copy of the collection is preserved in the “Civico Museo bibliografico musicale” in Bologna , this fact possibly indicates that Del Buono was active in this city.

In 1790 Ernst Ludwig Gerber called him a monk in his “Historisch-Biographisches Lexicon der Tonkünstler”, this is neither confirmed in the foreword of the print nor mentioned in other sources.

Discography (selection)

  • Several sonatas in: "La tavola cromatica": A musical academy with Cardinal Barberini, Rome around 1635. Performers: Evelyn Tubb and The Earle his Viols (label Raumklang RK 2302)

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert Eitner : Biographical-bibliographical source-lexicon of musicians and music scholars (1900) p. 236
personal data
SURNAME Del Buono, Gian Pietro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Del Buono, Giovanni Pietro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1610
DATE OF DEATH 17th century