Short bio Alessandro Grandi
Birthday:
1586
Died:
1630 in Bergamo, Italy
Genre:
Classical,International
Period:
Baroque
Full biography Alessandro Grandi
Alessandro Grandi was an Italian composer and musician who was born around the year 1575 in Ferrara, Italy. Information about the early years of his life is limited, but it is known that he worked for many years in Venice, where he was an influential figure in the city's vibrant musical scene during the early Baroque period.
Grandi composed music for vocal and instrumental ensembles, and his works were notable for their intricate counterpoint, rich harmonic language, and emotional intensity. Some of his most famous compositions include sacred vocal music such as motets, masses, and psalms, as well as secular vocal music like madrigals and sinfonias. His works often incorporated polyphonic textures, dramatic and expressive musical gestures, and inventive use of harmonies and dissonances.
Grandi's music was highly esteemed by his contemporaries, and some of the most important musicians of the time, such as Claudio Monteverdi, praised his works for their originality, innovation, and artistic quality. His contribution to the development of the Baroque style in music was significant, and his works had a profound influence on subsequent generations of composers, especially those working in the sacred music genre.
Despite his musical achievements, little is known about Grandi's personal life or the circumstances of his death, and his legacy remains somewhat shadowy. Nonetheless, his music continues to be performed and studied by scholars and musicians today, and his contribution to the rich history of Italian music and Baroque music in particular, is indelible.
Compositions featuring Alessandro Grandi
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | O quam speciosa, motet for voice & continuo | 7:49 min | Vocal Music | 1637 |
| 2 | Amo Christum, for voice & 2 violins | 3:41 min | Choral | 1629 |
| 3 | Ave maris stella, for voice & 2 violins | 3:45 min | Choral | 1629 |
| 4 | Justus germinabit, for voice, 2 violins, bassoon & continuo | 5:51 min | Choral | 1621 |
| 5 | O dulce nomen Jesus, motet (Motetti, 1621) | 4:20 min | Vocal Music | 1621 |
| 6 | Tota pulchra es amica mea, motet for voice & continuo | 4:36 min | Choral | 1621 |
| 7 | O intemerata, motet for 2 voices (Il secondo libro de motetti (1617)) | 3:24 min | Choral | 1617 |
| 8 | Hic Est Praecursor for 2 voices | 1:37 min | Choral | 1616 |
| 9 | O sacrum convivium, motet (from Il quarto libro de motetti (1616)) | 2:10 min | Choral | 1616 |
| 10 | Plorabo die ac nocte, motet for 4 voices | 5:54 min | Choral | 1616 |
| 11 | Al seren del tuo volto, aria for voice & continuo (Libro Terzo) | 3:33 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 12 | Amore io più non ardo, aria for voice & continuo (Libro Terzo) | 3:03 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 13 | Anima mea liquefacta est, motet for 5 voices | 3:05 min | Choral | - |
| 14 | Ave mundi spes Maria, motet | 2:07 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 15 | Ave Regina caelorum, motet for 4 voices | 3:16 min | Choral | - |
| 16 | Ave Regina caelorum, motet for 5 voices | 3:19 min | Choral | - |
| 17 | Beata es Maria, antiphon | 0:40 min | Choral | - |
| 18 | Beatus vir qui timet Dominum, for 2 tenors, bass & organ (Messa e Salmi concertati a tre voci, 1630) | 7:44 min | Choral | - |
| 19 | Benedicta sit | 2:41 min | Choral | - |
| 20 | Bone Jesu verbum Patris, motet for 2 voices, 2 violins & continuo | 5:00 min | Choral | - |
| 21 | Breve è la vita, Amor, aria for voice & continuo (Libro Terzo) | 5:33 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 22 | Caecilia | 2:45 min | Choral | - |
| 23 | Cantabo Domino for 4 voices | 3:37 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 24 | Confitebor tibi Domine | 5:19 min | Choral | - |
| 25 | Confitebor tibi Domine, for 2 tenors, bass & organ (Messa e Salmi concertati a tre voci, 1630) | 6:45 min | Choral | - |
| 26 | Consenti pur e ti pieghi, aria for voice & continuo (Libro Terzo) | 2:04 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 27 | Cruda e proterva, aria for voice & continuo (Libro Terzo) | 2:15 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 28 | Cupio dissolvi | 4:44 min | Choral | - |
| 29 | Da pacem Domine, for 2 tenors & continuo (Motetti a una, due e quattro voci, Libro 3) | 2:31 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 30 | Deh, vaga mia Clori, aria for voice & continuo (Libro Terzo) | 4:07 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 31 | Deus canticum novum, for voice | 3:44 min | Choral | - |
| 32 | Deus Deus Meus | 2:44 min | Choral | - |
| 33 | Deus in adjutorium: Invitory | 1:03 min | Choral | - |
| 34 | Deus Misereatur Nostri | 2:40 min | Choral | - |
| 35 | Deus, qui nos in tantis | 2:27 min | Choral | - |
| 36 | Dixit Dominus (Dixit in ritornello) for 8 voices & 2 instruments (Messa et Salmi, 1630) | 5:47 min | Choral | - |
| 37 | Dixit Dominus (Salmi a otto brevi, 1629) | 9:23 min | Choral | - |
| 38 | Dixit Dominus, for 4 voices | 6:59 min | Choral | - |
| 39 | Domine ad adjuvandum (Responsorium) | 1:14 min | Choral | - |
| 40 | Domine, ne in furore, motet for 4 voices | 3:22 min | Choral | - |
| 41 | Egredimini filiae Sion, for voice & lute | 4:16 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 42 | Empio cor, più non ti credo, aria for voice & continuo (Libro Terzo) | 2:31 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 43 | Exaudi Deus orationem meam, motet for 5 voices | 4:18 min | Choral | - |
| 44 | Exaudi me Domine | 2:39 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 45 | Folle, folle chi crede, aria for voice & continuo (Libro Terzo) | 3:13 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 46 | Gaudete, motet | 2:40 min | Choral | - |
| 47 | Gioite, danzate, aria for voice & continuo (Libro Terzo) | 1:48 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 48 | Heu mihi, motet for 4 voices & continuo | 4:23 min | Choral | - |
| 49 | Hodie nobis de caelo | 3:10 min | Choral | - |
| 50 | Hodie virgo Jesu dilecta, motet for voice & continuo | 3:18 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 51 | I nostri voti il ciel, aria for voice & continuo (Libro Terzo) | 4:21 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 52 | Illumina oculos meos, motet for voice & continuo | 2:57 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 53 | In lectulo meo, motet for voice & continuo | 2:31 min | Choral | - |
| 54 | In te Domine speravi, for 2 basses & continuo (Motetti a una, due e quattro voci, Libro 3) | 3:06 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 55 | Innova Domine signa, motet for 5 voices | 3:57 min | Choral | - |
| 56 | Io non vo' pianger più, aria for voice & continuo (Libro Terzo) | 2:35 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 57 | Iste congnovit iustitiam, motet for 5 voices | 2:18 min | Choral | - |
| 58 | Jesu, mi dulcissime, motet (from Book 2) | 3:49 min | Choral | - |
| 59 | Judica me Domine, motet for 5 voices | 3:40 min | Choral | - |
| 60 | Laetamini vos, o caeli, for 3 voices | 3:19 min | Choral | - |
| 61 | Laetatus sum, for 8 voices & continuo (Salmi brevi) | 4:21 min | Choral | - |
| 62 | Laetemur | 4:19 min | Choral | - |
| 63 | Lauda Jerusalem, for 8 voices & continuo (Salmi brevi) | 5:41 min | Choral | - |
| 64 | Lauda Sion Salvatorem, motet | 5:00 min | Choral | - |
| 65 | Laudate Dominum, for 4 voices & continuo (Messa et Salmi, 1630) | 2:29 min | Choral | - |
| 66 | Laudate pueri Dominum, for 3 voices & organ (Messa e Salmi concertati a tre voci, 1630) | 4:36 min | Choral | - |
| 67 | Laudate pueri IV toni, for 4 voices & continuo (Messa et Salmi, 1630) | 7:02 min | Choral | - |
| 68 | Laudate pueri, for 4 voices | 2:21 min | Choral | - |
| 69 | Letaniae Beatae Mariae virginis, motet for 5 voices | 10:29 min | Choral | - |
| 70 | Lontan dal tuo bel volto, aria for voice & continuo (Libro Terzo) | 1:48 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 71 | Magnificat for 10 voices (Salmi a otto brevi, 1629) | 8:42 min | Choral | - |
| 72 | Magnificat, for 4 voices | 6:54 min | Choral | - |
| 73 | Mai più durò d'Amor si lunga Guerra, aria for voice & continuo (Libro Terzo) | 4:11 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 74 | Missus est Gabriel (Dialogo), motet for 5 voices | 7:57 min | Choral | - |
| 75 | Nigra sum | 2:11 min | Choral | - |
| 76 | Ninfa crudele, aria for voice & continuo (Libro Terzo) | 3:43 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 77 | Nisi Dominus, for 4 voices | 5:58 min | Choral | - |
| 78 | Non può ferir Amor, aria for voice & continuo (Libro Terzo) | 2:25 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 79 | O beate Benedicte, for 2 voices, violin & viol | 6:09 min | Choral | - |
| 80 | O beate Hieronime, motet for voice & continuo | 3:47 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 81 | O Bone Jesu, motet for 5 voices | 2:46 min | Choral | - |
| 82 | O Domine Jesu Christe, motet for voice & continuo | 1:48 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 83 | O dulcis et o pia, motet for 5 voices | 2:24 min | Choral | - |
| 84 | O felix, o lucidissima nox, motet for 2 voices, strings & continuo | 3:47 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 85 | O intemerata, motet for voice & continuo | 3:40 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 86 | O magnum Sacramentum | 3:05 min | Choral | - |
| 87 | O Porta caeli | 4:17 min | Choral | - |
| 88 | O Quam Suave for 2 voices | 4:49 min | Choral | - |
| 89 | O quam tu pulchra es, motet for 3 voices | 3:31 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 90 | O quam tu pulchra es, motet for voice & continuo | 3:40 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 91 | O Speciosa | 4:43 min | Choral | - |
| 92 | O vos omnes, for voice & 3 viols | 8:17 min | Choral | - |
| 93 | Osculetur me, motet for voice & continuo | 4:12 min | Choral | - |
| 94 | Placens | 4:06 min | Choral | - |
| 95 | Quae est ista | 3:12 min | Choral | - |
| 96 | Quam pulchra es speciosa, motet | 2:58 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 97 | Quando Amor dentr'un cor prende ricetto, aria for voice & continuo (Libro Terzo) | 4:04 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 98 | Quemadmodum desiderat cervus, motet for 2 voices | 5:01 min | Choral | - |
| 99 | Qui timetis Domine, motet for 5 voices | 3:08 min | Choral | - |
| 100 | Quo rubicunda rosa, motet for 5 voices | 3:32 min | Choral | - |
| 101 | Quomodo dilexi | 5:28 min | Choral | - |
| 102 | Regina caeli, motet for voice & continuo (Motetti, Book 3) | 3:04 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 103 | Ridete meco, Amanti, aria for voice & continuo (Libro Terzo) | 3:02 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 104 | Rompi rompi mio core, aria for voice & continuo (Libro Terzo) | 2:33 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 105 | Salva me, salutaris Hostia, motet for 2 voices & continuo | 3:43 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 106 | Salve Regina, motet for voice, 2 violins & continuo | 4:06 min | Choral | - |
| 107 | Salvum Me Fac Domine a 2 | 2:38 min | Choral | - |
| 108 | Salvum me fac, Deus | 5:18 min | Choral | - |
| 109 | Sancte Sebastiane, motet for 5 voices | 2:49 min | Choral | - |
| 110 | Sinfonia a 4 | 1:02 min | Symphony | - |
| 111 | Sotto aspetto ridente, aria for voice & continuo (Libro Terzo) | 3:54 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 112 | Spine care e soavi, for 2 voices & continuo (Madrigali concertati a 2, 3 e 4 voci, libro II) | 2:25 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 113 | Sprezzami | 2:26 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 114 | Sprezzami, Bionda, e fuggimi, aria for voice & continuo (Libro Terzo) | 2:19 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 115 | Superbetta sei pur colta, aria for voice & continuo (Libro Terzo) | 2:37 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 116 | Surge, propera | 3:33 min | Choral | - |
| 117 | Transfige dulcissime Domine, motet for voice, 2 violins & continuo | 6:07 min | Choral | - |
| 118 | Troppo, troppo fedele, aria for voice & continuo (Libro Terzo) | 2:00 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 119 | Udite Lagrimosi Spiriti D'Averno | 1:33 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 120 | Veni Sancte Spiritus | 3:28 min | Choral | - |
| 121 | Venite Filii | 1:31 min | Choral | - |
| 122 | Versa est in luctum, motet for 5 voices | 3:54 min | Choral | - |
| 123 | Virgo prudentissima, motet for voice & continuo | 3:38 min | Choral | - |
| 124 | Virgo prudentissima, motet for voice, 2 violins & continuo | 2:56 min | Choral | - |
| 125 | Vulnerasti cor meum | 4:02 min | Choral | - |
| 126 | É si grave'l tormento, aria for voice & continuo (Libro Terzo) | 2:53 min | Vocal Music | - |
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