Ludovico Balbi

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Life

Born: circa 1545

Died: before 15 December 1604

Biography

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Balbi was a student of Costanzo Porta from 1565 to 1567, and from 1570 to 1578 sang at S Marco, Venice, under Gioseffo Zarlino. In 1578 he was appointed maestro di cappella of S Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, and subsequently held posts in Padua, Feltre and Treviso, returning to Venice in 1598 and spending the remainder of his life at S Maria Gloriosa.

List of choral works

Ad te levavi Alla dolce ombra d'una verde riva Ave Maria Benedictus es Domine Benedixisti Domine terram tuam Dicite pusillanimes Dominus dabit benignitatem

Ecce virgo concipiet Illumina faciem tuam Jerusalem surge Manducaverunt Mentre pastori e ninfe Stetit angelus

 
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Publications

• Il primo libro de madrigali, 4vv (1570)
• Il secondo libro de madrigali, 4vv (1576)
• Ecclesiasticarum cantionum quatuor vocum (1578)
• 4 masses: ‘Ecce mitto angelum meum’, ‘Fuggite il sonno’, Missa duodecim toni, Missa alternatim canenda: 5vv (1580); a Missa defunctorum, 5vv added to reprint (1595)
• I capricci, 6vv (1586)
• Ecclesiasticarum cantionum in sacris totius anni sanctorum sollemnitatibus, 4vv (1587)
• Graduale et antiphonarium juxta ritum missalis et breviarii novi (1587) [collab. G. Gabrieli, Orazio Vecchi]
• Musicale essercitio, 5vv (1589)
• Messe et motetti con il Te Deum laudamus, 8vv (1605)

External links

• Gaspari online catalogue
• Works by Ludovico Balbi in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)