Giovanni Legrenzi

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Giovanni Legrenzi (baptized August 12, 1626 – May 27, 1690) was an Italian composer of opera, vocal and instrumental music, and organist, of the Baroque era. He was one of the most prominent composers in Venice in the late 17th century, and extremely influential on the development of late Baroque idioms across northern Italy. Life He was born in Clusone, near Bergamo, and probably received his early training in Clusone. He served as organist to Santa Maria Maggiore there from 1645 to 1656. In 1656 he took a position at Ferrara as the maestro di cappella at the Accademia dello Spirito Santo, where he remained until 1665. Between 1665 and 1681 his activities are poorly documented, but he may have taught at the Venetian Ospedale dei Mendicanti sometime during these years. He was rejected for positions in many cities, including Vienna, Milan, Parma, Bologna, and Venice; and he declined positions in Modena and Bergamo. In 1681 he was hired at St. Mark's in Venice as assistant maestro di cappella, and became full maestro di cappella in 1685. Among his students there were Francesco Gasparini, Antonio Lotti and Giovanni Varischino. Music Legrenzi was active in most of the genres current in northern Italy in the late 17th century, including sacred vocal music, opera, oratorio, and varieties of instrumental music. Though best known as a composer of instrumental sonatas, he was predominantly a composer of liturgical music with a distinctly dramatic character. The bulk of his instrume

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Legrenzi: La morte del cor penitente

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The Trio Sonata in 17th-Century Italy

Via Crucis

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Legrenzi: La divisione del mondo: "Lumi, potete piangere" (Aria)

Giovanni Legrenzi: Mottetti

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Giovanni Legrenzi: Ave, Regina caelorum

Legrenzi: Sonate & balletti

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Early Escapes

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Giovanni Legrenzi: Alma redemptoris mater

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Ave Maria

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Legrenzi : Vesperae, Op. 1 - In Laudem Sanctissimi Sacramenti

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Legrenzi: Harmonia d'affetti devoti, Libro 1, Op. 3

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