Ludovico Balbi
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Life
Born: circa 1545
Died: before 15 December 1604
Biography
View the Wikipedia article on Ludovico Balbi.
Balbi was a student of Costanzo Porta from 1565 to 1567, and from 1570 to 1578 sang at S Marco, Venice, under Zarlino]]. In 1578 he was appointed maestro di cappella of S Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, and subsequently held posts in Padua, Feltre and Treviso, returning to Venice in 1598 and spending the remainder of his life at S Maria Gloriosa.
Some other Balbis are:
- Luigi Balbi (fl 1585–1621 Venice), Ludovico's nephew & pupil
- Giovan Battista Balbi ‘Il Tasquino’(fl 1636–57)
- Ignazio Balbi (fl 1720–73, in Milan)
List of choral works
- Ad te levavi
- Alla dolce ombra d'una verde riva
- Ave Maria
- Benedictus es Domine
- Benedixisti Domine terram tuam
- Dicite pusillanimes
- Dominus dabit benignitatem
- Ecce virgo concipiet
- Illumina faciem tuam
- Jerusalem surge
- Manducaverunt
- Mentre pastori e ninfe
- Stetit angelus
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Publications
- Ecclesiasticarum cantionum, 4vv (1578)
- 4 masses: ‘Ecce mitto angelum meum’, ‘Fuggite il sonno’, Missa duodecim toni, Missa alternatim canenda: 5vv (1580); a Missa defunctorum, 5vv added to reprint (1595)
- Ecclesiasticarum cantionum in sacris totius anni sanctorum sollemnitatibus, 4vv (1587)
- Graduale et antiphonarium juxta ritum missalis et breviarii novi (1587) [collab. G. Gabrieli, Orazio Vecchi]
- Messe et motetti con il Te Deum laudamus, 8vv (1605)