Adriano Banchieri

Adriano Banchieri (3 September 1568 – 1634) was an Italian composer, music theorist, organist and poet of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He founded the Accademia dei Floridi in Bologna.

Biography He was born and died in Bologna (then in the Papal States). In 1587 he became a monk of the Benedictine order, taking his vows in 1590, and changing his name to Adriano (from Tommaso). One of his teachers at the monastery was Gioseffo Guami, who had a strong influence on his style.

Like Orazio Vecchi he was interested in converting the madrigal to dramatic purposes. (1613), while systematizing the legitimate use of the monodic art of figured bass.

Banchieri's last publication was the Trattenimenti da villa of 1630. According to Martha Farahat he wrote five madrigal comedies between 1598 and 1628 with "plot and character development", starting with La pazzia senile of 1598, the last of them La saviezza giovenile.

Works Secular vocal works Primo libro di Madrigali a 4 voci (Milano, 1597) 6 Libri di canzonette a 3 voci I Libro: (Venezia, 1597) II Libro: (Venezia, 1598) III Libro: (Milano, 1600) IV Libro: (Venezia, 1601) V Libro: Op.15 (Milano, 1607); republished as (Venezia, 1628) VI Libro: (Venezia, 1614) (Milano, 1604), first book of madrigals for five voices , Op.12 (Libro II madrigali a 5 voci, Venezia, 1605) , Op. 18 (Libro III madrigali a 5 voci, Venezia, 1608) , Op. 44 (Libro V madrigali a 5 voci, Venezia, 1622) (Bologna, 1625) , Op. 49 (Venezia, 1626) (Bologna, 1628) (Libro VI madrigali a 5 voci, Venezia, 1630)

Sacred vocal works Vezzo di perle musicali a 2 voci Op 23 (Bologna 1610) Nuovi pensieri ecclesiastici... Libro III Op 35 (1613)

References in modern culture In 2008, a group of four composers including Lorenzo Ferrero and Bryan Johanson wrote a collaborative composition for organ and orchestra entitled Variazioni su un tema di Banchieri, which was first performed in Bologna on August 2 of that same year.

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