Giovanni Valentini (composer, around 1582)

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Giovanni Valentini (* 1582 / 1583 in Venice , † 29./ thirtieth April 1649 in Vienna ) was an Italian organist and composer .

Life

Valentini probably received his training from Giovanni Gabrieli . In 1604 he became a member of King Sigismund III's court orchestra . Wasa of Poland. Through marriages between the king and two sisters of Archduke Ferdinand II, Valentini came to the archducal court in Graz . In the court orchestra he was confirmed as a newly accepted camera organist from Poland . When Ferdinand was crowned emperor in 1619, he took his band and the organist Valentini with him to Vienna. In 1629 he became the imperial court conductor and in 1637 Ferdinand III. also taken over as cappelmeister . His task was not only to compose his own works, but also to support and correct the emperor in his compositional work. Valentini was buried in the Michaelerkirche in Vienna .

Works

Printed works

  • Canzoni, libro primo , Venice 1609
  • Motetti (1611, lost)
  • Secondo libro de madrigali , Venice 1616
  • Missae concertatae , Venice 1617
  • Salmi… , Venice 1618
  • Musiche concertate , Venice 1619
  • Musica da camera , Venice 1621
  • Missae quatuor , Venice 1621
  • Messa, Magnificat et Jubilate Deo , Vienna 1621
  • Musiche , Venice 1622
  • Il quinto libro de madrigali , Venice 1625
  • Sacri concerti , Venice 1625
  • Missa Coronationis ( coronation mass for Ferdinand III., 1636)

Works in the manuscript

  • 3 fairs
  • 1 litany
  • 2 sonatas

other sacred works

literature

  • Helmut Federhofer: Giovanni Valentini . In: Stanley Sadie (ed.): The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , Macmillan, London 1980, Vol. 19, pp. 495-496. ISBN 1-56159-174-2
  • Steven Saunders: Cross, Sword, and Lyre: Sacred Music at the Imperial Court of Ferdinand II of Habsburg (1619-1637). Clarendon Press, Oxford 1995. ISBN 0-19-816312-6
  • Silke Leopold, Gunther Morche, Joachim Steinheuer: Giovanni Valentini - Kapellmeister at the Kaiserhof , 440 pages - Bärenreiter Verlag (December 2001). ISBN 3-7618-1569-7

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personal data
SURNAME Valentini, Giovanni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer of the early baroque
DATE OF BIRTH 1582 or 1583
PLACE OF BIRTH Venice
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 1649 or April 30, 1649
Place of death Vienna