Annibale Padovano

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Annibale Padovano (1527 – March 15, 1575) was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance Venetian School. He was one of the earliest developers of the keyboard toccata. Padovano was born in Padua — hence his name — but little is known about his early life. He first appears at St. Mark's in Venice on November 30, 1552, when he was hired as first organist at an annual salary of 40 ducats. He stayed at this post until 1565. St. Mark's at this time also began to employ a second organist (it was Claudio Merulo for the last eight years of Padovano's tenure), which allowed two simultaneous, spatially separated organs to perform in the huge space of the cathedral: this was a key development in music of the Venetian school, which was already using spatially separated choirs of voices. Merulo took over the job of first organist when Padovano left. In 1566, Padovano left Venice to go to the Habsburg court in Graz. Many Venetian musicians left their native area to seek their fortunes in Habsburg domains, which generally remained friendly to Venice. Padovano became the director of music at Graz in 1570, and died there five years later. Although Padovano published a book of motets, a book of masses, and two books of madrigals, he is mainly remembered for his instrumental music. He was a notable early composer of ricercars, a predecessor of the fugue; many of the themes he used derived from plainchant, but he included considerable ornamentation in the melodic lines. In addit

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Padovano: Missa a 24

Padovano: Missa A la dolc' ombra & Missa Domine a lingua dolosa

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Padovano: Missa Domine a lingua dolosa: Vb. Agnus Dei II

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Padovano: Domine a lingua dolosa a 5

Willaert: Vespro della beata vergine

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Padovano: Messe à 24 voix

Greghesche: a musical treasure of the Venetian renaissance

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Battaglie E Lamenti

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The Art of the Ricercar in 16th Century Italy

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O Sole Mio

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Missa a 24

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Musique d'Abord 2013

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