Gioseffo Guami

Aliases: Gioseppo da Lucca; Gioseffo da Lucca

Life

Born: 27 January 1542, Lucca

Died: 1611

Biography

Italian composer, instrumentalist, and singer. Brother of Francesco Guami. Student of Adriano Willaert. Teacher of Adriano Banchieri. Famed as one of the finest Italian organists of his time.

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List of choral works

• Alla dolce ombra de la nobil pianta
• Aventurosi e ben nati sospiri
• Gravi pene in amor si provan molte
• Jubilate Deo omnis terra
• Mai non si vide piu seren' il cielo
• Miser' hoimè, chi potrà piu allegrarmi
• Miserere nostri Domine
• Missa In me transierunt
• Siami tu scorta e guida
• Stolto cor mio

 
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Publications

Sacred

• Sacrae cantiones, liber primus, 5–10vv, (Venice, 1585)
• Lamentationes Hieremiae prophetae, 6vv, (Venice, 1588)
• Sacrarum cantionum variis, liber alter (Milan, 1608)

Secular

• Il primo libro di madrigali a cinque voci (Venice, 1565)

External links

Biographical information about the Guami family musicians in the Treccani encyclopedia (in Italian)