Leandro Gallerano

Leandro Gallerano (* around 1580 in or near Brescia ; † 1632 in Padua ) was an Italian organist , conductor and composer.

life and work

Gallerano was a member of the Minorites and entered the religious community around 1595 as a novice. Since 1615 he was organist at San Francesco in Bergamo . From 1620 Gallerano worked in his hometown as organist at San Francesco, four years later he took over the post of Kapellmeister at the Basilica of Saint Anthony in Padua and was re-elected for another three years in 1627. When cholera broke out in Padua in 1629, the musicians were fired and the band closed. Every trace of Gallerano is lost. In 1632 he was possibly a victim of the plague. Under his successor, the chapel was re-established on February 14, 1632.

Gallerano was a composer whose works at least partially differ from contemporary church music. They are complex, often multi-choir, designed in an instrumental-vocal, concertante style. He created works for church use only. Several books with motets , masses and other vocal compositions, some with organ accompaniment, have survived.

Works

• In domino confido, a 2-4 voci. op. 1. In: G. Aloisi (Ed.): Celestis Parnasus ... Venice 1644.
• Il Primo Libro delle Messe, Mottetti e Letanie a 5 voci con basso continuo. op. 2. Amadino, Venice 1615.
• Il Secondo Libro delle Mass a 4 e 5 voci. op.3.Vincenti, Venice 1620.
• Salmi intieri a 5 voci. op.4.Vincenti, Venice 1622.
• Salmi intieri a 4 voci. op.5. Magni, Venice 1624.
• Ecclesiastica armonia de concerti a 1.2.3.4.5 voci, libro Primo. op. 6. Magni, Venice 1624.
• Rose Musicali de Concerti e Canzoni a 1.2.3 con il basso continuo, Libro Secondo. Op. 9. Gardano, Venice 1625.
• Messa e Salmi a 8 voci. op.10.Gardano, Venice 1625.
• Missae quae ut Harmonicis reddantur numeris a 6 voci. op.13 Vincenti, Venice 1628.
• Missarum et Psalmorum verba musicis exprimenda notis a 5 voci. op. 14, Venezia, Vincenti, 1628.
• Curioso misto di vaghezze musicali. op.15. Venice 1629.
• Messa et Salmi concertati a 3, 5 e 8 voci. op.16 Venice 1629 (2nd edition 1641).
• Gaudeamus omnes, per voce sola. In: L. Simonetti (ed.): Ghirlanda sacra… Venice 1636.
• Venite exultemus Deo, a 2 voci e basso continuo; Ad Dominum cum tribularer, a 2 voci e basso continuo. In: W. Seyffert (Ed.): Musiche di eccellenti autori italiani e tedeschi. Dresden 1643.

literature

• Antonio Garbelotto: Gallerano, Leandro. In: Music in the past and present . Vol. 16, Bärenreiter, Kassel 1979, pp. 403-404.

Web links

• Biography on musicabresciana.it (Italian)
• Sheet music and audio files by Leandro Gallerano in the International Music Score Library Project

Individual evidence

1. ^ A. Garbelotto: Gallerano, Leandro. 1979, p. 403.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Biography on musicabresciana.it (Italian), accessed on February 7, 2015.
3. ^ A. Garbelotto: Gallerano, Leandro. 1979, p. 404.