Composers · Marchio Angeli’s Inventory (1720)

Anonymous

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology	Notes
Antiphonaries	30	2 volumes	'folio grande'
Graduals	1	5 volumes	'in foglio'
Holy Week, Passions	37	1 volume	'foglio ordinario'
Holy Week, Passions	60	1 volume	'libro […] piccolo'
Holy Week, Responses	3	1 volume	'folio grande'
Hymns	48	1 volume	'folio ordinario'
Hymns	40	1 volume	'folio grande'
Introits	29	1 volume	'folio grande'
Magnificats	32	1 volume	'folio grande'
Masses	54	1 volume	'folio grande'
Masses	2	1 volume	'libro grande'
Masses	59	1 volume	'libretto'
Motets / Antiphons	55	1 volume	'folio grande'
Responses	52	2 volumes	'in folio'	in parchment
Various	31	1 volume	'folio grande'	with hymns, Magnificats and motets
Various	62	1 volume	unidentified presumably in-folio	‘di canto fermo, cioè Officio dell'Angelo Custode’

Asola, Giovanni Matteo

Birth/Death	1524–1609
Short Biography	No documented relationship with the Ducal Chapel of St Mark’s.

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology	Notes
Holy Week, Turbe	18	1 volume	unidentified presumably in-plano

Biffi, Antonio

1666–1732

Antonio Biffi was employed from July 1692 as contralto in the Ducal Chapel and personal assistant to the chapel master Giovanni Domenico Partenio. Following Partenio's death, he was appointed maestro di cappella in 1702. He held this post until his death (1733), assisted by vicemaestri Carlo Francesco Pollarolo (until 1723) and (subsequently) Antonio Pollarolo. Under his direction, Marchio Angeli compiled the present inventory of the choirbooks of the Ducal Chapel, dated 25 September 1720.

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology	Notes
Magnificats	12	1 volume	unidentified presumably in-plano	unbound
Masses	11	4 volumes	'folio grande'	with four masses

Cavalli, Francesco

1602–1676

Francesco Cavalli (Pier Francesco Caletti Bruni) was employed from February 1617 (1616 more veneto) as soprano in the Ducal Chapel, then directed by Claudio Monteverdi. In January 1635 (1634 more veneto) his function was redefined as tenor. In January 1639 (1638 more veneto) he was appointed second organist and in February 1645 (1644 more veneto) first organist of the Ducal Chapel, now under the direction of Giovanni Rovetta. In November 1668, following Rovetta’s death, he was nominated maestro di cappella. He held this post until his death in 1676, assisted by the vicemaestro Natale Monferrato.

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology	Notes
Hymns	43	1 volume	'folio grande'
Masses	14	3 volumes	'folio grande'	with three masses
Requiem Masses	44	1 volume	'folio grande'	with a Requiem mass
Motets / Antiphons	25	4 volumes	unidentified presumably in-4°
Motets / Antiphons	42	1 volume	'folio grande'
Motets / Antiphons	57	1 volume	'libretto piccolo'	‘Motetti della Madonna’

Colombina, Pietro

ca. 1617–after 1682

The Carmelite friar Pietro Colombina was appointed in 1642 as singer of the Ducal Chapel, then directed by Claudio Monteverdi and Giovanni Rovetta. On 4 April 1679, at the age of 62 years, he applied to be retired from service. On 25 January 1682 (1681 more veneto), the Procuratori de Supra awarded him a gold medal for having donated ‘some books of his musical compositions’ to the Ducal Chapel.

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology	Notes
Masses	56	6 volumes	'in foglio'	with six masses

Croce, Giovanni

ca. 1557–1609

Giovanni Croce (della Croce) was employed from 1565 as zago (choirboy) of St Mark’s, shortly after Gioseffo Zarlino’s appointment as chapel master. He later became a singer in the Ducal Chapel and, from the early 1590s, assistant to the chapel master Baldassare Donato. In July 1603, following Donato’s death, he was nominated maestro di cappella. He held this post until his death in 1609, assisted from 1607 by Bartolomeo Morosini as official vicemaestro.

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology	Notes
Hymns	51	1 volume	unidentified presumably in-plano	‘inni quaresimali’
Requiem Masses	17	1 volume	'folio grande'	with a Requiem mass
Psalms	65	9 volumes	'libretti'
Various	33	2 volumes	'folio grande'	with hymns, Magnificats and motets
Various	38	1 volume	'folio grande'	with masses and Magnificats

Grossi, Carlo

ca. 1634–1688

Carlo Grossi’s appointment as bass singer in the Ducal Chapel dates to February 1666. He competed unsuccessfully for the position of vicemaestro in 1676 and 1685. On 29 July 1685, he applied to be retired from service. On 1 October 1684 the Procuratori de Supra awarded him a gold medal worth fifty ducats for having donated to the chapel a ‘book in-folio of his musical compositions composed for the service of the [chapel]’ (‘libro in foglio di sue composizioni musicali composte per servizio della medesima’).

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology	Notes
Masses	16	1 volume	'folio grande'	with a mass

Hesdin, Nicolle des Celliers de

Birth/Death	Before 1500?–1538
Short Biography	No documented relationship with the Ducal Chapel of St Mark’s.

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology	Notes
Magnificats	36	1 volume	'folio grande'

Janequin, Clément

1485–1558

No documented relationship with the Ducal Chapel of St Mark’s. According to the ceremonial of St Mark’s, the Ducal Chapel was required to sing the mass based on Janequin’s chanson La Guerre on Shrove Thursday. Attributed to a ‘Todesco’ in Angeli’s inventory, the mass is transmitted as anonymous in a choirbook of the Ducal Chapel (Basilica di San Marco, Libri musicali 3). A lost collection of motets, entered immediately after the mass in Angeli’s inventory, is also attributed to the 'Todesco'.

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology	Notes
Masses	54	1 volume	'folio grande'
Motets / Antiphons	55	1 volume	'folio grande'

Legrenzi, Giovanni

1626–1690

Giovanni Legrenzi competed unsuccessfully for the post of maestro di cappella of the Ducal Chapel in 1668 and 1676. On 5 January 1681 (1680 more veneto), he entered the service of the chapel as vicemaestro, under the direction of Natale Monferrato. After Monferrato’s death in 1685, he obtained the position of chapel master, which he held until his death in Venice on 27 May 1690. He was assisted by Giovanni Domenico Partenio as vicemaestro. On 10 July 1689, Legrenzi received 200 ducats for the ‘musical composition of the Responories for Holy Week’ (‘composizione musicale de’ Responsorij della Settimana Santa’). Before death, Legrenzi commissioned copies of his ‘Masses, motets, Magnificats’, which he bequeathed to the Ducal Chapel.

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology
Holy Week, Responses	3	1 volume	'folio grande'
Magnificats	8	1 volume	'folio grande'
Masses	7	2 volumes	'folio grande'
Masses	7	2 volumes	'folio piccolo'
Motets / Antiphons	9	1 volume	'folio grande'

Lotti, Antonio

1666–1740

In November 1687 Antonio Lotti was engaged as an ‘occasional musician’ in the Ducal Chapel. He was hired on 30 May 1689 as contralto of the Ducal Chapel, directed at the time by Giovanni Legrenzi. On 6 August 1690 he became assistant organist, on 31 May 1692 second organist, and on 17 August 1704 first organist. He held this position for more than 30 years. On 22 July 1698, the Procuratori de Supra granted him fifty ducats for a book containing an a cappella mass written for the Ducal Chapel. After the death of Antonio Biffi, he became chapel master ad interim on 8 March 1733. He was officially appointed maestro di cappella on 2 April 1736. He held this position until his death in 1740, assisted by the Antonio Pollarolo as vicemaestro.

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology	Notes
Masses	10	2 volumes	'folio grande'	with three masses

Manchicourt, Pierre de

Birth/Death	ca. 1519–1564
Short Biography	No documented relationship with the Ducal Chapel of St Mark’s.

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology	Notes
Masses	35	1 volume	'foglio ordinario'	‘stampato’

Martinengo, Giulio Cesare

Birth/Death	1564/1568–1613
Short Biography	Giulio Cesare Martinengo’s appointment as maestro di cappella of St Mark’s dates to Ascension Day 1609, after the death of Giovanni Croce. He held this position until his death, which occurred in Venice on 10 July 1613. He was assisted by vicemaestri Bartolomeo Morosini (until 1612) and (subsequently) Marc'Antonio Negri.

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology	Notes
Motets / Antiphons	50	1 volume	unidentified presumably in-folio	‘Salve regina’

Monferrato, Natale

1610–1685

Educated at the ducal seminary, Natale Monferrato competed unsuccessfully in January 1639 (1638 more veneto) for the post of second organist of St Mark’s. A month later, he was hired as a singer in the Ducal Chapel, where he served under Claudio Monteverdi and Giovanni Rovetta. After the latter’s nomination as maestro in spring 1644, Monferrato provisionally held the position of vicemaestro; he was officially nominated to this role in January 1647. On Rovetta’s death, Monferrato appears not to have participated in the competition for the post of chapel master, obtained in October 1668 by Francesco Cavalli. After the latter’s death, he was nominated maestro in April 1676. He held this position until his own death, which occurred in Venice on 13 April 1685. He was assisted by vicemaestri Antonio Sartorio (1676–1680) and Giovanni Legrenzi (1681–1685).

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology	Notes
Magnificats	5	1 volume	'folio grande'
Magnificats	49	1 volume	'in foglio'
Masses	4	6 volumes	'folio grande'	with eight masses
Motets / Antiphons	22	14 volumes	'folio picolo'
Motets / Antiphons	58	1 volume	'libretto piccolo'
Psalms	64	9 volumes	'libretti'

Monteverdi, Claudio

Birth/Death	1567–1643
Short Biography	Claudio Monteverdi’s appointment as choirmaster of the Ducal Chapel dates to 19 August 1613, when he succeeded Giulio Cesare Martinengo. He held this position until his death, which occurred in Venice on 29 November 1643. He was assisted by vicemaestri Marc’Antonio Negri (until 1620), Alessandro Grandi (1620–1626) and Giovanni Rovetta (1627–1643).

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology	Notes
Masses	13	1 volume	'folio grande'	with a mass

Morales, Cristóbal de

Birth/Death	ca. 1500–1553
Short Biography	No documented relationship with the Ducal Chapel of St Mark’s. Two collections of 4-, 5- and 6-voices masses by Morales were published in choirbook format in 1544 by the Roman printing house of Valerio and Aloisio Dorico.

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology	Notes
Masses	21	1 volume	'librazzo grande'
Masses	39	1 volume	'folio grande'

Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da

Birth/Death	ca. 1525–1594
Short Biography	No documented relationship with the Ducal Chapel of St Mark’s. In April 1614, copies of Palestrina’s second and fifth books of 4-, 5- and 6-part masses were purchased at the request of the maestro di cappella Claudio Monteverdi.

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology	Notes
Masses	19	2 volumes	'folio grande'
Masses	19	2 volumes	'libri […] piccoli'

Partenio, Giovanni Domenico

1633–1701

Giovanni Domenico Partenio was hired as tenor in the Ducal Chapel on 21 February 1666 (1665 more veneto). On 25 July 1685 he was appointed vicemaestro, succeeding Giovanni Legrenzi on the latter’s appointment as maestro di cappella. After Legrenzi's death, he competed unsuccessfully on 6 August 1690 for the position of chapel master, assigned to Giovanni Battista Volpe (‘Rovettino’). After Volpe’s death, on 10 May 1692, Partenio was appointed chapel master; he held this post until his death, which occurred in Venice on 18 February 1701 (1700 more veneto). He was assisted by Carlo Francesco Pollarolo as vicemaestro.

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology	Notes
Masses	15	2 volumes	'folio grande'	with two masses

Pellegrini, Vincenzo

Birth/Death	ca. 1562–1630
Short Biography	No documented relationship with the Ducal Chapel of St Mark’s. A collection of his masses in choirbook format was published in Venice in 1604.

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology	Notes
Masses	28	1 volume	'folio grande'

Pollarolo, Antonio

Birth/Death	1676–1746
Short Biography	Antonio Pollarolo was first employed at the Ducal Chapel of St Mark’s in 1702 as a substitute for his father, the vicemaestro Carlo Francesco Pollarolo. On the latter’s death in 1723 he was himself appointed vicemaestro, a position which he held until his death in Venice on 4 May 1746.

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology	Notes
Masses	66	1 volume	unidentified	with a mass

Rovetta, Giovanni

ca. 1596–1668

After serving in a ‘supernumerary‘ capacity, Giovanni Rovetta was hired in 1614 as a member of the instrumental company of St Mark’s. In 1623 he became a bass singer in the Ducal Chapel, under the direction of Claudio Monteverdi. In November 1627 he succeeded Alessandro Grandi as vicemaestro. Following Monteverdi’s death, he was appointed chapel master in February 1644 (1643 more veneto). Assisted by Natale Monferrato as vicemaestro, he remained in this post until his death in Venice on 23 October 1668.

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology	Notes
Holy Week, Turbe	18	1 volume	unidentified presumably in-plano
Holy Week, Turbe	18	1 volume	unidentified presumably in-plano
Hymns	45	1 volume	'folio ordinario'
Magnificats	46	1 volume	'folio ordinario'
Masses	6	11 volumes	'folio grande'
Motets / Antiphons	24	4 volumes	unidentified presumably in-4°
Motets / Antiphons	47	1 volume	'folio ordinario'
Psalms	63	9 volumes	'libretti'
Various	41	1 volume	unidentified presumably in-plano	with Magnificats and motets
Various	53	1 volume	'folio grande'	‘Messe della Madonna, et Imni’

Soriano, Francesco

Birth/Death	1548/9–1621
Short Biography	No documented relationship with the Ducal Chapel of St Mark’s. In April 1614, copies of Soriano’s second and fifth books of 4-, 5- and 6-part masses were purchased at the request of the maestro di cappella Claudio Monteverdi.

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology	Notes
Masses	20	1 volume	'in folio'	‘stampato’

Todesco (Anonymous)

A mass and a collection of motets are attributed in Angeli’s inventory to an anonymous 'Todesco'. The mass can be identified as the cycle based on Clément Janequin’s chanson La Guerre, intoned by the Ducal Chapel in the presence of the Doge during mass on Shrove Thursday. Janequin may also be the author of the motets and antiphons contained in the second manuscript, now lost.

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology	Notes
Masses	54	1 volume	'folio grande'
Motets / Antiphons	55	1 volume	'folio grande'

Vinaccesi, Benedetto

ca. 1670–1719

On 5 February 1702 (1701 more veneto), Benedetto Vinaccesi competed unsuccessfully for the post of maestro di cappella of the Ducal Chapel, assigned to Antonio Biffi. On 17 August 1704 he succeeded Antonio Lotti as organist of St Mark’s. On 19 March 1714, the Procuratori de Supra rewarded him with 100 ducats for the dedication of a collection of motets composed ‘for the service of the Church’.

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology	Notes
Motets / Antiphons	26	4 volumes	unidentified presumably in-4°

Willaert, Adrian

Birth/Death	1490–1562
Short Biography	Adrian Willaert was appointed maestro di cappella of the Ducal Chapel on 12 December 1527. He held this position until his death, which occurred in Venice on 7 December 1562.

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology	Notes
Masses	27	1 volume	'folio grande'

Zarlino, Gioseffo

Birth/Death	1517?–1590
Short Biography	Gioseffo Zarlino moved to Venice in 1541. Here he became a pupil of Adrian Willaert, chapel master of St Mark’s. After Rore’s resignation, Zarlino was appointed maestro di cappella of the Ducal Chapel on 5 July 1565. He held this position until his death, which occurred in Venice on 4 February 1590 (1589 more veneto).

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology	Notes
Psalms	34	1 volume	'folio grande'
Psalms	61	1 volume	unidentified presumably in-folio or in-plano

Ziani, Pietro Andrea

1616–1684

Pietro Andrea Ziani was hired in April 1650 as a singer in the Ducal Chapel, under the direction of maestro Giovanni Rovetta and vicemaestro Natale Monferrato. After some years as chapel master of the Empress Eleonora Gonzaga in Vienna, he returned to Venice where, on 20 January 1669 (1668 more veneto), he succeeded Francesco Cavalli as organist of St Mark's (on Cavalli’s appointment as maestro di cappella). After Cavalli’s death in 1676, Ziani applied unsuccessfully for the position of chapel master. In 1677, he left Venice for Naples. On 19 March 1676, the Procuratori de Supra rewarded him with 100 ducats for ‘five manuscript books of his musical compositions’ (‘cinque libri manuscritti di sue Compositioni di Musica’).

Compositions

Genre	ID Inv.	Source	Typology	Notes
Motets / Antiphons	23	5 volumes	unidentified presumably in-4°	‘una muta’