Ippolito Baccusi

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Ippolito Baccusi (also Hippolyti Baccusii ; * before 1550 in Mantua ; † September 2, 1609 in Verona ) was an Italian composer and conductor of the late Renaissance.

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Little is known about Baccusi's educational path. Before 1568 he was vice conductor at St. Mark's Basilica in Venice for a short time , after which he continued his studies in Ravenna . In order to complete these studies he asked Guglielmo Gonzaga , Duke of Mantua in a letter dated April 1570 for a one-year extension of his stay. In 1572, in his second book of madrigals, he called himself maestro della musica delli Illustri Signori di Spilimbergo and conductor at the church of Santa Eufemia in Verona. From around 1576 to 1589 he worked as Kapellmeister at the cathedral in Mantua , where Lodovico Zacconi visited him in 1583 and later mentioned him in the foreword of his Prattica de musica seconda parte (Venice, 1622). After 1589, Baccusi returned to Verona, where he was recorded as cathedral music director from 1592 until his death.

Ippolito Baccusi's music is influenced by the Venetian school, shaped by Adrian Willaert , Giaches de Wert , Cipriano de Rore and Andrea Gabrieli . Many of his works reflect the Venetian double choir . From 1596 he was one of the first composers to prescribe the doubling of the choir parts with musical instruments.

Most of his works have been published in Venice, several have appeared in collective prints. He wrote six books with masses, six books with motets and psalm settings, and seven books with madrigals .

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  1. ↑ Robert Eitner: Biographical-bibliographical source lexicon of musicians and music scholars (1900)
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SURNAME Baccusi, Ippolito
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baccusii, Hippolyti
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer and conductor of the late Renaissance
DATE OF BIRTH before 1550
PLACE OF BIRTH Mantua
DATE OF DEATH September 2, 1609
Place of death Verona