Giovanni Battista Grillo

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Giovanni Battista Grillo (also Gianbattisto Grillo * around 1570 in Venice ; † November 1622 there ) was an Italian organist and composer .

Life

Nothing certain is known about Grillo's youth and education, but it is proven that he was a student of Claudio Monteverdi in Venice . Grillo was first mentioned in August 1612, on the occasion of his appointment as organist in the ecclesiastical Venetian brotherhood Scuola Grande di San Rocco . In 1615 he became organist at the Church of S. Madonna dell'Orto . In December 1619 he received the prestigious post of first organist at San Marco , with an annual salary of 120 ducats. However, there is no conclusive evidence that Grillo was supposed to have worked at the Bavarian court orchestra for a few years around 1615. As a composer, Grillo adhered to the strict polyphonic technique of Giovanni Gabrieli , since the students of Monteverdi and their master had to refuse to imitate his master for the sake of better chances of success.

Works (selection)

  • Sacri concentus ac symphoniae , published in Venice in 1618, is the only collection that exclusively contains works by Grillo.

Collected works in which other works by Grillo were published:

  • Il primo libro delle canzonette a 3 voci (Constantino Baselli, 1600)
  • Il secondo libro delle canzonette a 3 voci (Constantino Baselli, 1600)
  • Un capriccio e due canzoni per 4 strumenti nella raccolta Canzoni per sonare con ogni sorte di stromenti a 4, 5 e 8… libro I (Alessandro Raveri, 1608)
  • Un pezzo in Musica vaga et artificiosa (Romano Micheli, 1615)
  • Due mottetti in Symbolae diversorum musicorum, a 2, 3, 4 e 5 voci… (Lorenzo Calvi, 1620)
  • Seconda raccolta de sacri canti a 1, 2, 3 e 4 voci, de diversi eccellentissimi autori (Lorenzo Calvi, 1624)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Selina Lacedelli: Entry GRILLO, Giovanni Battista in the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 59 (2002)


personal data
SURNAME Grillo, Giovanni Battista
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grillo, Gianbattisto; Grillo, Giombattista
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1570
PLACE OF BIRTH Venice
DATE OF DEATH November 1622
Place of death Venice