Michelangelo Galilei

Michelangelo Galilei (also Michelagnolo Galilei and Michel Angelo Galilei ; * December 18, 1575 in Florence , † January 3, 1631 ibid) was an Italian composer and lutenist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque . He was the younger brother of the famous astronomer Galileo Galilei .

Galileo learned to play the lute early on . After the death of his father Vincenzo Galilei in 1591, he came to Padua in the care of his older brother Galileo Galilei . In 1593 he accepted an engagement in Poland, probably with the Radziwiłł family . With a short break, Galileo lived in Poland until 1607, after which he played in the court orchestra of Elector Maximilian I in Munich . At the beginning of the 17th century there was a musically open-minded climate in Munich. a. was coined by Orlando di Lasso . Galileo married Anna Clara Bandinelli and stayed in Munich until his death, three of his eight children also became lutenists. The relationship between the two brothers, especially in the later years, is documented by a detailed exchange of letters.

Most of Galileo's compositions are intended for the ten-course lute. His first publication was Il primo libro d'intavolatura di liuto (Munich 1620) in tablature . There are also numerous publications in other publications. In addition, arrangements for the guitar are available.

literature

Facsimile: Il Primo Libro D'Intavolatura di Liuto. 1620 ; Adaptation by Albert Reyerman, foreword by Douglas A. Smith, Tree Edition, Munich 1980.
- Further adaptation by Ruggero Chiesa (ed.): Michelangelo Galilei, Il primo libro d'intavolatura di liuto. Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, Milan.
Cornelia Oelwein: Galileo Galilei's Munich relatives. The instrumentist Michelangelo Galilei. Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich 2006

Web links

Literature by and about Michelangelo Galilei in the catalog of the German National Library
Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online

Individual evidence

↑ See for example Heinz Teuchert : Michel Angelo Galilei, Corrente and Saltarello. Transferred from the lute tablature and arranged for guitar by G. Ricordi & Co., Munich 1972 (= The solo guitar. HS. 301).

personal data
SURNAME	Galileo, Michelangelo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Galileo, Michelagnolo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian Baroque composer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 18, 1575
PLACE OF BIRTH	Florence
DATE OF DEATH	January 3, 1631
Place of death	Florence

[1] See for example Heinz Teuchert : Michel Angelo Galilei, Corrente and Saltarello. Transferred from the lute tablature and arranged for guitar by G. Ricordi & Co., Munich 1972 (= The solo guitar. HS. 301).