Adriano Banchieri

Short bio Adriano Banchieri

Birthday: 1568 in Bologna, Italy

Died: 1634 in Bologna, Italy

Genre: Classical

Period: Renaissance

Full biography Adriano Banchieri

Adriano Banchieri was an Italian composer, music theorist, organist and poet who lived during the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. He was born on September 3, 1568 in Bologna, Italy and passed away in the same city in 1634. Banchieri studied organ and composition with Lucio Barbieri , a well-known composer and organist of the time.

Banchieri is best known for his compositions of madrigal comedies, a type of vocal music that incorporates a narrative element and involves multiple performers. His work in this area is considered groundbreaking, as he was among the first composers to experiment with this type of ensemble music. Banchieri's madrigals were known for being highly expressive and for their use of text painting, which involves musically representing the meaning of the words in the lyrics.

In addition to his work as a composer, Banchieri was also a music theorist and wrote extensively on the subject. His treatises covered a wide range of topics related to music theory, including notation, temperament, and counterpoint. He was a member of the Accademia dei Floridi, a celebrated literary and music academy, and played an important role in its establishment.

Banchieri's sacred music, including his masses, hymns, and motets, is also noteworthy and considered to be some of his most important compositions. His work in this area is known for its harmonic complexity and use of polyphony, a style of music that involves multiple independent voices singing different melodies simultaneously.

Overall, Adriano Banchieri was a significant figure in the music of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. His innovative work as a composer and music theorist, particularly in the area of madrigal comedies, had a lasting impact on the development of music during this time and beyond.

Compositions featuring Adriano Banchieri

#	Name	Duration	Genre	Year
1	Barca di Venetia per padova, for 5 voices	8:21 min	Vocal Music	1623
2	Bizzaria del 1 Tono al Graduale, for organ, Op. 43	0:27 min	Keyboard	1622
3	Bizzaria del 1 tono, col Flauto in 8, for organ, Op. 43	0:31 min	Keyboard	1622
4	Intonuit de caelo, for 2 solo voices, muted cornet & organ	2:56 min	Vocal Music	1613
5	Nuovi pensieri ecclesiastici, for 1 or 2 voices & continuo, Book 3, Op. 35	4:01 min	Vocal Music	1613
6	Battaglia, for organ, Op. 25	2:25 min	Keyboard	1611
7	Canzona alla francese del 1 Tono, for organ, Op. 25	1:53 min	Keyboard	1611
8	Canzone Italiana I, for organ, Op. 25	1:23 min	Keyboard	1611
9	Dialogo II, Dialogo, acuto e grave, for organ, Op. 25	1:12 min	Keyboard	1611
10	Dialogo, acuto e sopr'acuto, for organ, Op. 25	1:36 min	Keyboard	1611
11	Ingresso di ripieno, for organ, Op. 25	0:59 min	Keyboard	1611
12	Ricercare del 1 Tono sopra i Kyrie degli Apostoli, for organ, Op. 25	3:04 min	Keyboard	1611
13	Ricercare del 3 e 4 Tono, for organ, Op. 25	2:34 min	Keyboard	1611
14	Sonata II, a soggetto triplicato, for organ, Op. 25	0:50 min	Keyboard	1611
15	Sonata, doppio soggetto, for organ, Op. 25	0:53 min	Keyboard	1611
16	Toccata del 3 Tono plagale, for organ, Op. 25	1:41 min	Keyboard	1611
17	Toccata del 4 Tono alla Levatione, for organ, Op. 25	1:30 min	Keyboard	1611
18	Vezzo di perle musicali, for 1 or 2 voices & continuo, Op. 23		Vocal Music	1610
19	Li fusari cantano un madrigale ("Felice chi vi mira"), madrigal for 5 voices	1:45 min	Vocal Music	1608
20	Ecclesiastiche Sinfonie, for 4 voices & organ, Op. 16	48:49 min	Vocal Music	1607
21	Capriccio I, for organ, Op. 13	0:56 min	Keyboard	1605
22	Capriccio II, for organ, Op. 13	0:51 min	Keyboard	1605
23	Capriccio III, for organ, Op. 13	0:55 min	Keyboard	1605
24	Capriccio IV, for organ, Op. 13	0:58 min	Keyboard	1605
25	L'Organo Suonarino, for organ, Op. 13		Keyboard	1605
26	Ricercare del 2 Tono sopra due soggetti, for organ, Op. 13	3:03 min	Keyboard	1605
27	Sonata II, fuga autentica in aria francese, for organ, Op. 13	0:57 min	Keyboard	1605
28	Sonata terza Fuga grave, for organ	2:10 min	Keyboard	1605
29	Sonata V, fuga per imitatione, for organ, Op. 13	1:03 min	Keyboard	1605
30	Sonata VIII in Aria Francese, for organ, Op. 13	1:10 min	Keyboard	1605
31	Sonata, fuga harmonica, for organ, Op. 13	0:45 min	Keyboard	1605
32	Sonata, fuga plagale, for organ, Op. 13	0:53 min	Keyboard	1605
33	Il Zabaione Musicale - Invenzione Boscareccia	30:14 min	Vocal Music	1604
34	Beata Es Tu	2:55 min	Vocal Music	1599
35	Gaudeamus Omnes, for women's chorus	3:25 min	Choral	1599
36	La Pazzia Senile, madrigal comedy	31:11 min	Vocal Music	1599
37	Laetamini a 4	1:49 min	Choral	1599
38	Messa solenne a 8 voci		Vocal Music	1599
39	Omnes gentes plaudite à 8	2:47 min	Choral	1595
40	Amor, laro cornuo	1:30 min	Chamber Music	-
41	Anima mea liquefacta est	2:56 min	Vocal Music	-
42	Beatam me dicent, antiphon	0:41 min	Choral	-
43	Bella Olimpia	2:10 min	Vocal Music	-
44	Bibite cantores	2:45 min	Chamber Music	-
45	Bizaria in the First Key	0:26 min	Keyboard	-
46	Canzone "La Rovattina"	2:38 min	Chamber Music	-
47	Canzone Italiana II, for organ	1:31 min	Keyboard	-
48	Canzone sopra Ducale (sinfonia)	1:37 min	Chamber Music	-
49	Canzone sopra Nizzarda (sinfonia)	1:02 min	Chamber Music	-
50	Canzone sopra Romanesca (sinfonia)	2:02 min	Chamber Music	-
51	Cara Isabella mia	2:18 min	Chamber Music	-
52	Circostanti Pantalon	1:21 min	Chamber Music	-
53	Circostanti state a udir	1:25 min	Chamber Music	-
54	Concerto for brass ensemble No.1 "La Battaglia"	2:01 min	Chamber Music	-
55	Concerto for brass ensemble No.2 "Magnificat"	2:34 min	Choral	-
56	Concerto for brass ensemble No.3 "Magnificat"	1:23 min	Choral	-
57	Contrapunto Bestiale	1:47 min	Vocal Music	-
58	Cor mio (sinfonia)	1:52 min	Chamber Music	-
59	Cor mio, deh non languire		Vocal Music	-
60	Cosa fat Isabella su la strada	3:27 min	Chamber Music	-
61	Cunza cavic - intermedio -	1:27 min	Chamber Music	-
62	Deh, Cieli inteneritevi (sinfonia)	2:21 min	Chamber Music	-
63	Dialogo	1:20 min	Keyboard	-
64	Dialogo secondo for organ	1:11 min	Keyboard	-
65	Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109)	5:06 min	Choral	-
66	Dolorosi tormenti	1:53 min	Chamber Music	-
67	Duo ubera	2:36 min	Choral	-
68	Echo Fantasia	2:05 min	Chamber Music	-
69	En dilectus meus, motet	2:33 min	Choral	-
70	Fantasia	2:09 min	Chamber Music	-
71	Fantasia Decima Nona	2:35 min	Chamber Music	-
72	Fantasia del 12 overo 6 Tono plagale, for organ	1:08 min	Keyboard	-
73	Fantasia quinta	2:03 min	Chamber Music	-
74	Fantasia Vigesima	1:36 min	Chamber Music	-
75	Festino nella sera del giovedì grasso avanti cena	36:05 min	Choral	-
76	Fili, Fili ove t'ascondi - canzonetta -	2:19 min	Chamber Music	-
77	Fortunato, mio bene	0:52 min	Chamber Music	-
78	Gemilli Armonici, collection of sacred pieces for voices	38:20 min	Vocal Music	-
79	Gli amanti morescano, madrigal	1:58 min	Vocal Music	-
80	Il Terzo Libro delle Canzonette, for 3 voices ("Il Studio Dilettevole")	37:03 min	Vocal Music	-
81	Io son bella e favorita	1:54 min	Chamber Music	-
82	Io son pur vezzosetta - romanesca -	2:29 min	Chamber Music	-
83	L' Alcenagina sopra Vestiva i colli	2:37 min	Chamber Music	-
84	L'Alcenagina, canzona on "Vestiva i collo" (Canzoni alla francese, No. 6)	2:58 min	Chamber Music	-
85	L'Alcinagina, song	3:06 min	Vocal Music	-
86	La Carissima a 8 a due organi	2:31 min	Keyboard	-
87	La Feliciana a 4	2:19 min	Chamber Music	-
88	La Guamina	3:24 min	Vocal Music	-
89	La Organistina Bella in Echo a 4, canzona	2:21 min	Keyboard	-
90	La Pomponazza	2:22 min	Vocal Music	-
91	La sampogna (sinfonia)	2:10 min	Chamber Music	-
92	La zia Bernadina	2:04 min	Choral	-
93	Lamento di Leandro pastore	3:35 min	Chamber Music	-
94	Latatus sum (Psalm 121)	5:11 min	Choral	-
95	Lauda Jerusalem (Psalm 147)	4:56 min	Choral	-
96	Laudate pueri (Psalm 112)	4:47 min	Choral	-
97	Magnificat primi toni	5:30 min	Choral	-
98	Msier Piattelon	2:39 min	Chamber Music	-
99	Mulier, cur ploras hic	2:23 min	Choral	-
100	Nacque Amor cieco	2:19 min	Chamber Music	-
101	Nel volto ha Fili ascose	4:13 min	Chamber Music	-
102	Nisi Dominus (Psalm 126)	4:29 min	Choral	-
103	Nu semmo tre duttor - intermedio -	1:26 min	Chamber Music	-
104	O chiome erranti (sinfonia)	1:35 min	Chamber Music	-
105	O come sei gentile vago augellino	0:59 min	Chamber Music	-
106	O Mirtillo (sinfonia)	1:58 min	Chamber Music	-
107	O misera Dorinda (sinfonia)	1:41 min	Chamber Music	-
108	Oh bellissimi capelli - aria del Gran Duca	2:27 min	Chamber Music	-
109	Oh, della casa	2:36 min	Chamber Music	-
110	Oh, pavarazzo Duttor	1:19 min	Chamber Music	-
111	Organ Sonata No. 1	0:53 min	Keyboard	-
112	Primo Ripieno per il Deo gratias, for organ	0:43 min	Keyboard	-
113	Quarto libro delle Canzonette, for 3 voices ("Il Metamorfosi Musicale")	37:09 min	Vocal Music	-
114	Questo mio core	1:55 min	Chamber Music	-
115	Ricercare del Quinto Tuono a 4, for keyboard (from Il Transilvano)	1:27 min	Keyboard	-
116	Ricercare del sesto Tono	1:24 min	Choral	-
117	Ricercare del Sesto Tuono a 4, for keyboard (from Il Transilvano)	1:29 min	Keyboard	-
118	Ricercata for 2 keybaords	1:51 min	Keyboard	-
119	Saviezza Giovenile	39:49 min	Chamber Music	-
120	Sentite tre fanciulli - intermedio -	1:54 min	Chamber Music	-
121	Sinfonia senza parole a 4	2:05 min	Symphony	-
122	Sospirando e piangendo	3:13 min	Chamber Music	-
123	Terza Sonata in Dialogo, for 2 keyboards	1:03 min	Keyboard	-
124	Vaga e gentil Aurora	1:16 min	Chamber Music	-
125	Vattene canzonetta arditamente	0:54 min	Chamber Music	-
126	Vespro per la Madonna		Choral	-
127	Vidi spetiosam	1:38 min	Choral	-
128	Vivezze Di Flora E Primavera	24:44 min	Vocal Music	-
129	Voi dite esser di foco	1:21 min	Chamber Music	-

Albums featuring Adriano Banchieri

#	Name album	Year	Music label
1	Adriano Banchieri - Delitiæ Musicae, Marco Longhini (2) – Pazzia Senile / Saviezza Giovenile(CD, Reissue)	2016	Stradivarius
2	Monteverdi • Gabrieli • Cavalli • Banchieri • Lassus - Gabrieli Consort, Choir & Players, Paul McCreesh – Venetian Vespers(5×CD, Reissue, Box Set, Compilation)	2011	Brilliant Classics
3	Adriano Banchieri, Delitiæ Musicae, Marco Longhini (2) – Il Studio Dilettevole & Il Metamorfosi Musicale(CD, )	2010	Stradivarius
4	Adriano Banchieri, Ensemble Hypothesis – Gemelli Armonico & Metamorfosi Musicale(CD, Album)	2009	Tactus
5	Adriano Banchieri, Matelda Viola, Paola Ronchetti, Giovanni Caruso, Gino Nappo – Vezzo Di Perle Musicali Op. 23(CD, )	2007	Tactus
6	Adriano Banchieri - Ensemble Hypothesis – Il Virtuoso(CD, )	2005	Tactus
7	Banchieri - Ars Renata, László Virág – Sinfonie Ecclesiastiche(CD, Album)	2004	Hungaroton Classic
8	Adriano Banchieri - Paul Kenyon, Sergio Tabarroni, Coro Tactus – L'Organo Suonarino... Op. 13(CD, )	2003	Tactus
9	Adriano Banchieri - Insieme Vocale & Strumentale L'Homme Armé – Il Zabaione Musicale / Barca Di Venetia Per Padova(CD, Album, Promo)	2000	Arts (3)
10	Adriano Banchieri - Choir Of Radio Svizzera, Lugano, Sonatori De La Gioiosa Marca, Treviso, Diego Fasolis – Il Zabaione Musicale / Festino Nella Sera Del Giovedì Grasso Avanti Cena(CD, )	1997	Naxos
11	Adriano Banchieri, L'Homme Armé – Il Zabaione Musicale / Barca Di Venetia Per Padova(CD, Album, Compilation, Stereo)	1996	Arts (3)
12	Adriano Banchieri - Gruppo Polifonico Francesco Coradini, Fabio Lombardi – Vespro Per La Madonna(CD, Album)	1996	Dynamic (4)
13	Banchieri, Striggio - Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini – Il Festino Del Giovedì Grasso - La Caccia	1995	Opus 111
14	Banchieri • Gesualdo • Monteverdi • Collegium Vocale Köln – Barca Di Venezia Per Padova(CD, Album, Remastered)	1991	EMI Classics
15	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Adriano Banchieri – Ein Musikalischer Spass(LP)	1990	Musique Royale
16	Banchieri • Marenzio • Ensemble Clément Janequin – Barca Di Venetia Per Padova(CD, Album)	1990	Harmonia Mundi France
17	Adriano Banchieri, Ensemble Vocale E Strumentale Euridice, Pier Paolo Scattolin – Festino Nella Sera Del Giovedì Grasso Avanti Cena(LP, Album)	1987	Elite (11)
18	Bulgarian National Choir 'Svetoslav Obretenov', Adriano Banchieri – Музикална забава: В последния ден на карнавала, преди вечеря - четвъртък(Cassette, Album, Stereo)	1984	Балкантон
19	Bulgarian National Choir 'Svetoslav Obretenov', Адриано Банкиери – Музикална забава: В последния ден на карнавала, преди вечеря - четвъртък / Festino Nella Sera Del Giovedi Grasso Avanti Cena(LP, Album, Stereo)	1984	Балкантон
20	Giovanni Picchi, Orindio Bartolini, Pietro Lappi, Ruggiero Trofeo, Giovanni Battista Grillo, Adriano Banchieri, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Gioseffo Guami, Giovanni Gabrieli – "Canzoni" Et "Sinfonie" Pour Cuivres De L' Ecole Venitienne(LP, Stereo)	1983	Arion
21	Adriano Banchieri - Albalonga, Anibal E. Cetrangolo – La Pazzia Senile(LP)	1982	Pavane Records
22	The "Madrigal" Ensemble, Adriano Banchieri, D'Ascanio, Lydia Davydova, Tatiana Belyakova, Larisa Pyatigorskaya, Boris Yaganov – Thousand Years Of Music. Italian Secular Music Of The 16th And 17th Centuries	1980	Мелодия
23	Adriano Banchieri, Societa Cameristica Di Lugano, Edwin Loehrer – La Pazzia Senile(LP, Stereo)	1980	Accord
24	Gabrieli / Banchieri / Guami / Grillo / Vecchi - Kölner Violen-Consort , Ltg. Heiner Spicker – Canzone E Fantasie(LP, Stereo)	1979	Thorofon Capella
25	Adriano Banchieri - Ensemble Vocal "The Scholars", Elisabeth Robert, Guy Robert – Festino (Nella Sera Del Giovedi Grasso Avanti Cena)	1977	Arion
26	Kölner Violen-Consort, Heiner Spicker - Girolamo Frescobaldi, Giovanni Paolo Cima, Tarquinio Merula, Giovanni Gabrieli, Adriano Banchieri, Gioseffo Guami, Orazio Vecchi, Giovanni Battista Grillo, Cipriano De Rore – Musiche Per Viole- Italienische Musik De	1976	Thorofon
27	Adriano Banchieri, Tedeschi, Collegium Vocale Köln, Tilney, Ros – Barca Di Venetia Per Padova	1976	EMI Electrola
28	G. Frescobaldi, G. Gabrieli, A. Banchieri, G. Guami, G. Cavaccio, G. D. Rognoni Taeggio, Organo E Quartetto Di Ottoni "G. Gabrieli" – Musiche Del Rinascimento(LP, Album, Stereo)	1975	Dischi ECO
29	E. Power Biggs, Handel, Purcell, Mozart, Buxtehude, Krebs, Banchieri, Campra – The Four Antiphonal Organs Of The Cathedral Of Freiburg Played Simultaneously By	1975	Columbia Masterworks
30	Clemente Terni Works By Fogliano, Cavazzoni, Segni, Banchieri, Fattorini, Luzzaschi, Arresti, Colonna, Bassani, Aldrovandini, Sabadini, Martini, Maschera, Pellegrini, Antegnati, Soderini & Merula – A Survey Of The World's Greatest Organ Music - Italy,	1973	VoxBox
31	Vivaldi, Corelli, Banchieri, Torelli Par L'Ensemble Instrumental Marsick – Vivaldi - Corelli - Banchieri - Torelli(LP)	1967	Alpha (34)
32	Orazio Vecchi, Adriano Banchieri, Claudio Monteverdi, Francesco Cavalli – Francesco Cavalli E L'Opera Italiana Del Seicento(7", 45 RPM)	1967	Fratelli Fabbri Editori
33	Brass Ensemble Under The Direction Of Gabriel Masson - Works By Melchior Franck • Heinrich Scheidemann • Heinrich Schütz • Thomas Stoltzer • Pierre Attaingnant • John Adson • Giovanni And Andrea Gabrieli • Girolamo Frescobaldi • Adriano Banchieri – Renais	1966	Nonesuch
34	Orazio Vecchi / Adriano Banchieri - Il Nuovo Madrigaletto Italiano, Emilio Giani – Il Convito Musicale / Festino Nella Sera Del Giovedi Grasso Avanti Cena	1966	Turnabout
35	O. Vecchi, A. Banchieri, J. Peri – La Nascita Del Melodramma(7", 33 ⅓ RPM)	1965	Fratelli Fabbri Editori
36	Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Claudio Monteverdi, Giovanni Croce, Adriano Banchieri, Josquin Des Prés, Baldassarre Donato, Luca Marenzio, Ludwig van Beethoven – Gruppo Corale P. Marinelli(10")	1964	Corale Marinelli Crema
37	Adriano Banchieri / Claudio Monteverdi - Sestetto Italiano Luca Marenzio – La Pazzia Senile / 7 Madrigale	1960	Archiv Produktion
38	Adriano Banchieri / Nuovo Madrigaletto Italiano Sous La Direction De Emilio Giani – Festino Nella Sera Del Giovedi Grasso Avanti Cena	1956	Le Club Français Du Disque
39	Festino	1953	Esoteric (2)
40	Prague Madrigalists, Damiano Binetti, Adriano Banchieri, Lino Toffolo – Barca Di Venetia Per Padua / Il Zabaione Musicale(CD, )	-	Dynamic (4)
41	Giulio Cesare Croce E Adriano Banchieri – Bertoldo Bertoldino E Caccasenno(7", 45 RPM)	-	Melody (4)