''Ghirlanda sacra scielta da diversi eccellentissimi compositori de varii motetti à voce sola'' (Venice, 1625) is a compilation of 44 single-voice motets in the new style assembled by Leonardo Simonetti. Simonetti was a chorister in the

Cappella Marciana The Cappella Marciana is the modern name for the choir and instrumentalists of St Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy. Overview The masters of the ''cappella ducale'' in the 16th and 17th centuries included many of the most notable composers of the I ...

, and placed his master Claudio Monteverdi at the head of the collection with four pieces, following it with other composers from the area of Venice and Veneto. A second printing followed in 1636.

Composers

The compositions in the 1625 publication, in order, are by:

Claudio Monteverdi Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considered ...

Maestro di Cappella della Serenissima Signoria di Venezia (4 pieces),

Giovanni Priuli Giovanni Priuli (or Prioli,Roche/Saunders, Grove online ca. 1575–1626) was a Venetian composer and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. A late member of the Venetian School, and a contemporary of Claudio Monteverdi, he wa ...

Maestro di Capella di S. M. C. (2 pieces), Giovanni Rovetta, Alessandro Grandi (4 pieces),

Giovanni Pietro Berti Giovanni Pietro Berti (c. 1590–1638) was an Italian composer and organist of Saint Mark's, Venice. He was active in the first half of the century. Berti had a tenor A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lie ...

organist of Saint Mark's in Venice, Giovanni Paolo Capriolo Abbate in Candiana (2 pieces),

Giacomo Finetti Giacomo Finetti (died 1630) was an Italian Anconitan priest and composer.Eleanor Selfridge-Field ''Venetian Instrumental Music from Gabrieli to Vivaldi'' – 1994, page 29 "One of the most respected maestri seems to have been the Anconitan priest ...

Maestro di Cappella nella gran Casa di Venezia,

Dario Castello Dario Castello (Venice, bapt. 19 October 1602 - Venice 2 July 1631) was an Italian composer and violinist from the early Baroque period who worked and published in Venice. As a composer, he was a late member of the Venetian School and had a role ...

(2),

Francesco Usper Francesco Usper (real name Spongia or Sponga) (1 November 1561 – 24 February 1641),New Grove: Usper (Sponga, Spongia, Sponza), Francesco, b. ca. 1560/61, Rovigno (now Rovinj), Istria, d. Feb. 24, 1641, Venice; Italian composer, organist, and prie ...

(2), Guido Rovetto Arciprete di S. Angelo,

Giovanni Picchi Giovanni Picchi (1571 or 1572 – 17 May 1643) was an Italian composer, organist, lutenist, and harpsichordist of the early Baroque era. He was a late follower of the Venetian School, and was influential in the development and differentiation ...

, Gasparo Locatello Canonico di S. Marco,

Amadio Freddi Amadio Freddi (1570–1634) was an Italian composer.Maurizio Padoan Affetti musicali: studi in onore di Sergio Martinotti 2005 p 30 "Non è casuale che Amadio Freddi, attivo nella cappella antoniana dal 1594 al febbraio del 1614, esplichi siff ...

Maestro di Cappella del Duomo di Treviso (2), Giovanni Pozzo, Bartolomeo Barbarino detto il Pesarino (2 pieces), Domenico Obizzi,

, Giovanni Massiccio,

Giacomo Arigoni Giovanni Giacomo Arigoni also Arrigoni (1597-1675) was an Italian composer in Venice and later organist to Ferdinand II in Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type ...

(3 pieces),

Carlo Milanuzzi Carlo Milanuzzi (c. 1590 – c. 1647) was an Italian composer of the early Baroque era. Life Carlo Milanuzzi was born in Santa Natoglia, or Esanatoglia in the Marche region, to Milanuzzo and donna Felice, probably around 1590, but not after ...

organist at Saint Stephen's Venice, G.M. Sabino Napolitano (4 pieces),

Giulio Cesare Martinengo Giulio Cesare Martinengo (; – 10 July 1613) was an Italians, Italian composer and teacher of the late Renaissance music, Renaissance and early Baroque music, Baroque Venetian School (music), Venetian School. He was the predecessor to Claudio ...

, Pietro Francesco Caletto Bruni Organista di S. Gio. e Paolo di Venezia,

Giovanni Maria Scorzuto Giovanni Maria Scorzuto (fl. 1620s) was an Italian composer and organist. He was maestro di cappella at the M. Comunità of Asola, Trevigiana, and had two pieces featured in Simonetti's collection Ghirlanda sacra ''Ghirlanda sacra scielta da dive ...

Maestro di Capella ed Organista della M. Comunità di Asola Trevigiana (2 pieces),

Leandro Gallerano Leandro Gallerano (fl. 1615–1632) was an Italian composer. His works include a ''Missa Defunctorum'' for five voices and basso continuo Basso continuo parts, almost universal in the Baroque era (1600–1750), provided the harmonic structu ...

Giacinto Bondioli Giacinto Bondioli (1596–1636) was an Italian Dominican prior and composer. He was composer at Il convento de' PP. Predicatori di S. Domenico in Venice, and uncle and probably teacher of Biagio Marini Biagio Marini (5 February 1594 &ndash ...

Prior di S. Domenico in Venezia, Padre Andrea Stella (2 pieces).IMSLP contents listing
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Recordings

* ''Ghirlanda Sacra: Il Mottetto a voce sola a Venezia'' Arte Musica conducted by

Francesco Cera Francesco Cera (born in Bologna, Italy) is an Italian harpsichordist, organist and conductor. Accomplished performer of Italian Baroque harpsichord and organ repertoire, he was a student of Gustav Leonhardt in Amsterdam (1989–90), then in 1991 be ...

2006 Tactus * ''Ghirlanda Sacra'': complete recording 3CD ensemble Primi Toni Nicola Lamon, conductor 2013 Tactus

References

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