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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 in the development of late Baroque idioms across northern Italy.
May 23, 2024 · Giovanni Legrenzi (baptized Aug. 12, 1626, Clusone, near Bergamo, Republic of Venice [Italy]—died May 27, 1690, Venice) was an Italian composer, one of the greatest of the Venetian Baroque. His trio sonatas are among the best chamber music of the period before Arcangelo Corelli .
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Aug 12, 2022 · Learn about the life and works of Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690), a major Venetian composer of operas, oratorios, and sacred music. Discover his influence on Händel, Bach, and other musicians, and his legacy in the history of opera and music.
Giovanni Legrenzi (baptized August 12, 1626 – May 27, 1690) was an Italian organist and composer of operas, sonatas, and sacred and secular vocal compositions during the Baroque music era.
Jan 31, 2021 · Giovanni Legrenzi Sonata seconda à quattro (La Cetra, Libro Quarto di Sonate; Venezia, 1673) Ensemble CONCERTO Claudia Combs, violino Massimo Percivaldi, violino Roberto Gini, tenore di viola...
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Feb 23, 2022 · The Venetian composer Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690) wrote a total of eight cantatas and canzonettas for bass voice with a continuo accompaniment, all but one presented here in new, historically...
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Learn about the life and works of Giovanni Legrenzi, an Italian composer of opera, vocal and instrumental music, and organist, of the Baroque era. Find out his publications, operas, oratorios, and recordings, as well as his influence and legacy.
