Giorgio Mainerio

Giorgio Mainerio (* between 1530 and 1540 in Parma ; † May 3 or 4, 1582 in Aquileia ) was an Italian composer .

Life

Giorgio Mainerio was born in Parma between 1530 and 1540. The fact that Giorgio used the Mayner family name as a signature leaves room for speculation about the origin of his family. During his training he studied music. But he didn't aim for a musical career from the start. In the years from 1560 onwards he applied for a position as chaplain and altarista at the Church of Santa Maria Annunziata in Udine .

Mainerio lived in Udine from 1560 to 1570. Thanks to the musical knowledge he had acquired and the lessons he had received from two local music authorities, the band masters Gabriele Martinengo and Ippolito Chiamaterò , he began his successful musical career. It was probably more lucrative than a career as a cleric.

After three years in Udine he became interested in occultism , astrology , magic and oracles of the dead . There were also rumors that he held black masses with some women . The Inquisition in Aquileia opened a preliminary investigation against him as a preliminary step to a trial. However, since no further suspicions emerged, the case was closed. Nevertheless, even after his acquaintance with the Inquisition had ended, Mainerio had more and more problems with his colleagues from the Udine chapter . After applying for a position at the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia , he decided to give up some of his work in Udine and justified his decision with “weighty but honorable reasons”.

He got the job in Aquileia and moved. There he did not live in the center of the city, but in the Patriarchate's office buildings , which were in a quiet, secluded place.

In 1578 he was appointed maestro di cappella at the S. Chiesa d'Aquilegia . During the last ten years of his life he had health problems, so that he frequently interrupted his service as a church caretaker in order to stay in Venice , Ancona and well-known spas.

The news of his death was announced at the chapter meeting on May 4, 1582.

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Mainerio wrote mainly church music, but he also published a collection of dances under the title Il primo libro de 'balli . Some of these dances were so popular that they were performed by Pierre Phalese the Elder in 1583. J. were reprinted in Antwerp. In the present, Mainerio has become known almost exclusively for these secular pieces.

Here is one of his most famous pieces from Il primo libro de 'balli , which was also arranged by Angelo Branduardi :

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The collection was printed by Gardano in Venice in 1578 under the original title Il primo libro de balli accomodati per cantar et sonar d'ogni sorte de instromenti di Giorgio Mainerio Parmeggiano Maestro di Capella della S. Chiesa d'Aquilegia . Mainerio had previously published a book with Magnificat octo tonorum ... cum quatuor vocibus . It contains a Regina Coeli that was printed individually in Venice by G. Bariletto in 1574. He then published another ten Magnificat under the joint title Sacra cantica Beatissimae M Virg omnitonum sex vocum parium canenda . It includes a six-part motet O sacrum convivium . All these works were printed by Angelo Gardano in Venice in 1580.

Web links

• Works by and about Giorgio Mainerio in the catalog of the German National Library
• Sheet music and audio files by Giorgio Mainerio in the International Music Score Library Project