Giovanni Picchi

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Giovanni Picchi (1600)

Giovanni Picchi (* around 1571 in Venice (?); † May 17, 1643 ibid) was an Italian lutenist , organist and composer .

In addition to two other musicians, Picci was depicted around 1600 on the title page of the “Nobilità di dame”, a dance treatise by Fabritio Caroso , in this work he was mentioned as “Professore di ballare”. In 1615 Picchi was the organist at the Scuola Grande in Venice, today's church of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari . In 1624 he applied unsuccessfully for the position of second organist at St. Mark's Basilica . Picci's collection "Intavollatura di Balli d'Arpicordo" is considered one of the most important works with dances for keyboard instruments.

One of his toccata ended up in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (No. 95) for reasons that are not clear , although apart from some by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck , a Dutchman, it only contains compositions by English composers.

Works (selection)

  • Intavollatura di Balli d'Arpicordo , for harpsichord (1618 and 1621)
  • 19 Canzoni da sonar con ogni sorte d'instrumenti a due, tre, quattro, sei, & otto voci (Venice, 1625)

Web links

Commons : Giovanni Picchi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Romano Micheli : "Musica vaga et artificiosa", p. 42 (Venice, 1615)
  2. ↑ Music in the past and present , 2nd edition, Vol. 13, Col. 533-534
personal data
SURNAME Picchi, Giovanni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian lutenist, organist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1571
PLACE OF BIRTH unsure: Venice
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 1643
Place of death Venice