Giovanni Piero Manenti
Giovanni Piero Manenti (* around 1535 in Bologna , † July 18, 1597 in Florence ) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance .
Life
Gianpiero Manenti was organist at S. Giovanni in Florence from March 1557 . In December 1570 he received the post of Kapellmeister to S. Stefono in Pisa . After the death of Francesco Corteccia in June 1571, Manenti became Kapellmeister to S.Giovanni, but resigned this post after only six months and became organist at the Cathedral of Florence , an office that he held until his death. Manenti was also active as a musician at the Medici court and composed at least one work for the “Compagnia di S.Giovanni Evangelista” in Florence. Manenti published a total of four collections of madrigals , for which renowned poets such as Giovanni Boccaccio , Francesco Petrarca , Jacopo Sannazaro and Torquato Tasso wrote the texts.
Manenti was praised by Scipione Cerreto in his " Della prattica musica vocale et strumentale " (1601). His music was published in Germany and with Pierre Phalèse in Antwerp, some more than 35 years after his death.
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Giovanni Piero Manenti in the International Music Score Library Project
- Cecilia Luzzi: Entry MANENTI, Giovanni Piero in the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 68 (2007)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Manenti, Giovanni Piero |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Manenti, Gianpiero |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian organist and composer of the late Renaissance |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1535 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bologna |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 18, 1597 |
| Place of death | Florence |