Short bio Alessandro Piccinini
Birthday:
1566
Died:
1638 in Bologna, Italy
Genre:
Classical
Period:
Baroque
Full biography Alessandro Piccinini
Alessandro Piccinini (1566-1638) was an Italian composer, lutenist and music theorist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was born in Bologna, Italy, into a family of musicians, and he received his musical training from his father Leonardo Maria Piccinini.
Piccinini was renowned for his mastery of the theorbo, which is a large lute-like instrument with an extended neck and extra bass strings. He was considered one of the finest lutenists of his time and his music helped to establish the theorbo as a solo instrument.
Piccinini's music is characterized by an often-intimate style that combines counterpoint with a melodic sensibility. His works are frequently written in the form of dances and they are elegant, refined, and full of color. Piccinini was known for his innovative fingering techniques and his use of dissonance, which was uncommon in his day.
Piccinini published several collections of lute music during his lifetime, including "Intavolatura di Liuto et di Chitarrone, libro primo" (Bologna, 1623), which features his most famous work, the "Chiaccona". This collection is considered a masterpiece of lute music and is still studied and performed today.
In addition to his compositions, Piccinini was also a music theorist and he wrote several treatises on lute playing and music theory. These include "Regole, passaggi di musica, madrigali, e motetti passeggiati" (Bologna, 1610) and "Il tesoro armonico" (Bologna, 1624).
Piccinini's legacy lives on as his music continues to be performed and studied by lutenists and music enthusiasts today. His contributions to lute music and theory helped to shape the development of Baroque music and his influence can be heard in the works of later composers, such as Johann Sebastian Bach.
Compositions featuring Alessandro Piccinini
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiaccona Cappona alla vera Spagnola, for lute (Intavolatura di Liuto Libro Secondo) | 5:29 min | Chamber Music | 1639 |
| 2 | Intavolatura di liuto et di chitaronne, Book 1 | 15:51 min | Chamber Music | 1623 |
| 3 | Romanesca con partite variate | 5:51 min | Chamber Music | 1623 |
| 4 | Toccata 23, for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto) | 2:57 min | - | |
| 5 | Toccata & Chiaccona | 3:48 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 6 | Toccata 19, for lute | 1:43 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 7 | Toccata 18, for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto) | 1:53 min | - | |
| 8 | Toccata 17, for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto) | 3:28 min | - | |
| 9 | Toccata 15 for lute | 2:54 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 10 | Toccata 14, for lute | 1:44 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 11 | Toccata 10, for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto) | 2:41 min | - | |
| 12 | Toccata 4, for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto) | 1:38 min | - | |
| 13 | Toccata 3 cromatica, for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto) | 3:13 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 14 | Toccata | 3:04 min | - | |
| 15 | Tenore detto il Marcatello, for lute | 3:09 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 16 | Sarvanda | 2:29 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 17 | Sarabanda alla francese (from Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 2) | 2:42 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 18 | Ricercare No. 1 for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 2) | 2:00 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 19 | Ricercar primo musicale for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto) | 3:37 min | - | |
| 20 | Passacaglia for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 1) | 3:40 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 21 | Passacaglia (from Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 2) | 5:07 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 22 | Partite variate sopra l'Alemania for lute | 4:04 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 23 | Partite variate sopra "la Folia" aria romanesca | 3:08 min | Orchestral | - |
| 24 | La Moniche | 5:59 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 25 | Intavolatura di liuto et di chitaronne, Book 2 | Chamber Music | - | |
| 26 | Toccata No. 2, for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto) | 3:29 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 27 | Toccata No. 24, for lute (Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 1) | 1:40 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 28 | Toccata No. 12, for theorbo | 2:22 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 29 | Toccata No. 12 for lute ("Toccata cromatica") (from Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 1) | 2:57 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 30 | Toccata No. 10, for theorbo | 3:45 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 31 | Toccata No. 8, for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 2) | 2:11 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 32 | Toccata No. 8, for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 1) | 2:00 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 33 | Toccata No. 7, for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 2) | 3:39 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 34 | Toccata No. 6 (from Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 2) | 2:56 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 35 | Toccata No. 5 for lute (from Intavolatura di liuto, Book 2) | 2:29 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 36 | Toccata No. 4 (from Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 1) | 1:43 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 37 | Toccata No. 3 (from Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 2) | 1:23 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 38 | Galliarde for lute No 3 | 1:19 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 39 | Toccata No. 1 (from Intavolatura di Liuto) | 2:31 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 40 | Toccata for lute No 24 | 3:01 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 41 | Toccata for lute No 20 | 2:38 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 42 | Toccata for lute No 16 | 2:33 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 43 | Toccata for lute No 13 | 2:48 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 44 | Toccata for lute No 11 | 2:38 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 45 | Toccata for lute No 6 | 2:47 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 46 | Toccata for lute No 2 | 3:16 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 47 | Toccata for lute | 5:12 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 48 | Toccata a dui Liuti | 3:28 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 49 | Canzona | 2:54 min | Orchestral | - |
| 50 | Corrente 8 for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto) | 2:08 min | - | |
| 51 | Corrente 4, for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto) | 1:35 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 52 | Corrente 3 (con la sua replica) for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto) | 1:34 min | - | |
| 53 | Corrente 2 for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto) | 1:44 min | - | |
| 54 | Corrente 1, for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto) | 1:14 min | - | |
| 55 | Ciaccona Mariona (Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 2) | 3:29 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 56 | Chiaconna | 2:17 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 57 | Chiacona mariona alla vera Spagnola, for lute | 4:35 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 58 | Chiaccona in partite variate | 2:11 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 59 | Canzone 2 for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto) | 3:52 min | - | |
| 60 | Canzone 1 for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto) | 7:35 min | - | |
| 61 | Corrente 10, for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto) | 1:33 min | - | |
| 62 | Calasone (Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 2) | 1:38 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 63 | Bergamasco (Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 2) | 5:23 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 64 | Battaglia, for chitarrone | 6:03 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 65 | Ballet en plusieurs parties, for lute | 2:24 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 66 | Baletto in diverse partite a requisitione dell'illustrissimo conte Assessandro Bentivoglio | 4:44 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 67 | Aria III | 2:26 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 68 | Aria Francese et le sua Corrente | 2:46 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 69 | Aria di sarabanda in varie partite | 4:03 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 70 | Aria di Fiorenze (from Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 2) | 2:34 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 71 | Aria 4 for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto) | 2:29 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 72 | Corrente No. 8 (from Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 2) | 1:26 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 73 | Gagliarda No. 4 (Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 2) | 2:13 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 74 | Gagliarda No. 3 (from Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 2) | 1:34 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 75 | Gagliarda No. 2, for chitarrone (from Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 2) | 1:46 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 76 | Gagliarda No. 1 for chitarrone (from Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 2) | 1:37 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 77 | Gagliarda 11, for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto) | 1:56 min | - | |
| 78 | Gagliarda 10 for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto) | 1:50 min | - | |
| 79 | Gagliarda 9 for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto) | 2:30 min | - | |
| 80 | Gagliarda 5 for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto) | 2:11 min | - | |
| 81 | Corrente prima | 1:37 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 82 | Corrente No. 9 (from Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 2) | 1:38 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 83 | Aria 1, affettuosa for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto) | 3:39 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 84 | Corrente No. 7 (Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 2) | 1:20 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 85 | Corrente No. 6 for lute ("Sopra l'Alemana") (from Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 1) | 1:33 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 86 | Corrente No. 6 (from Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 2) | 2:37 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 87 | Corrente No. 4 (from Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 2) | 1:41 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 88 | Corrente No. 2 (Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 2) | 1:39 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 89 | Corrente No. 1 (from Intavolatura di Liuto, Book 2) | 1:22 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 90 | Corrente for lute No 10 | 1:54 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 91 | Corrente for lute No 5 | 1:41 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 92 | Corrente 12, sopra un'aria francese detta l'Alemanna for lute (from Intavolatura di Liuto) | 3:03 min | - | |
| 93 | Corrente 11, for lute | 1:55 min | Chamber Music | - |
Albums featuring Alessandro Piccinini
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Marini, Strozzi, Falconieri, Monteverdi, Fontana, Piccinini, Merula, Frescobaldi - Ensemble La Selva : Marília Vargas, Carolina Pace, Michele Carreca, Francesco Tomasi & Gianni La Marca – Alla Luna (Per Sonar & Cantar)(CD, Album) | 2020 | Da Vinci Classics |
| 2 |  |
Matthew Wadsworth, Dowland, Rosseter, Johnson, Goss, Piccinini, Kapsberger – Late Night Lute(CD, Album) | 2017 | Deux-Elles |
| 3 |  |
Alessandro Piccinini, Mónica Pustilnik – Lute Music(CD, ) | 2014 | Accent |
| 4 |  |
G.G. Kapsberger • A. Piccinini – Konrad Junghänel – Italian Lute Music(CD, Reissue) | 2011 | Accent |
| 5 |  |
Piccinini - Luciano Còntini And Francesca Torelli – Intavolatura Di Liuto Et Di Chitarrone - Intabulations For Lute And Chitarrone, Books I And II(CD, Album, CD, Album, All Media, Compilation) | 2007 | Brilliant Classics |
| 6 |  |
Alessandro Piccinini, Francesca Torelli – Intavolature di Liuto E Chitarrone (Bologna, 1639) E (Ms, Modena)(CD, Album) | 2007 | Tactus |
| 7 |  |
Bellerofonte Castaldi, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger, Alessandro Piccinini – Intavolatura di Tiorba(CD, ) | 2006 | Arta Records |
| 8 |  |
Caccini / Piccinini - Johannette Zomer & Fred Jacobs (2) – Nuove Musiche / Works For Theorbo(SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Stereo, Album) | 2005 | Channel Classics |
| 9 |  |
Piccinini, Les Libertins, Pascal Monteilhet, Monica Pustilnik, Jean-Marc Aymes – Qui Comincia La Intavolatura Di Chitarrone | 2003 | Zig Zag Territoires |
| 10 |  |
Kapsberger, Piccinini, Matthew Wadsworth, Gary Cooper (2), Mark Levy – 14 Silver Strings. Toccatas, Partitas and Dances(CD, Album, Stereo) | 2003 | Deux-Elles |
| 11 |  |
Alessandro Piccinini - Luciano Còntini – Intavolature Di Liuto Et Di Chitarrone, Libro Primo (Bologna 1623)(CD, Album, Stereo) | 2003 | Tactus |
| 12 |  |
Kapsberger, Pellegrini, Negri, Corbetta, Castaldi, Bartolotti Y Piccinini - Juan Carlos Rivera – Armoniosi Concerti Sopra La Chitarra Spagnuola(CD, Album) | 2001 | Lindoro |
| 13 |  |
Petro Paulo Borrono, Francesco Da Milano, Cesare Negri, Simone Molinaro, Michelagnolo Galilei, Alessandro Piccinini - Massimo Lonardi, Paul Beier – Italian Lute Music(CD, ) | 1999 | NUOVA ERA |
| 14 |  |
Alessandro Piccinini - Axel Wolf (2), Iris Weber, Jörg Meder, Bernward Jaime Rudolph, Hilko Schomerus – Chiaccona - Italienische Musik Des Frühbarock Werke Für Laute Und Chitarrone | 1998 | Melisma (2) |
| 15 |  |
Alessandro Piccinini, Nigel North – Intavolatura Di Liuto E Di Chitarrone(CD, Album) | 1994 | Arcana (4) |
| 16 |  |
Alessandro Piccinini, Paul Beier – Intavolatura Di Liuto (Libro Primo)(CD, Album) | 1992 | Nuova Era |
| 17 |  |
Giovanni Pacoloni, Enríquez De Valderrábano, Alonso de Mudarra, Emanuel Adriaenssen, Alessandro Piccinini, Lautentrio Ricardo Correa – Musik der Renaissance Für 1, 2, 3 und 4 Lauten(LP, Album) | 1985 | Christophorus |
| 18 |  |
Castello · Fontana · Merulo, Piccinini · Frescobaldi - Fiori Musicali – Italienische Solomusik Um 1630 (Toccate - Canzone - Sonate) | 1982 | Recreation (2) |
| 19 |  |
G.G. Kapsberger / A. Piccinini - Konrad Junghänel – Italian Lute Music | 1980 | Accent |
| 20 |  |
Henry Purcell / Alessandro Piccinini / Johann Hermann Schein / Antonio Vivaldi / Johann Jakob Froberger / Louis Couperin / Jean-Philippe Rameau – Kamermuziek(LP, Compilation) | 1980 | Archiv Produktion |
| 21 |  |
Bernardo Gianoncelli, Francesco da Milano, Alessandro Piccinini, Vincenzo Capriola - Christian Zimmermann – Lautenmusik Aus Italien(CD, ) | - | Antes Edition |
Videos featuring Alessandro Piccinini
Intavolatura di Liuto, et di Chitarrone, Book 1: Partite variate sopra la folia aria Romanesca
Provided to YouTube by NAXOS of America
Intavolatura di Liuto, et di Chitarrone, Book 1: Partite variate sopra la folia aria Romanesca · Konrad Junghänel
Kapsberger, G.: Lute Music
℗ 2000 Accent
Released on: 2000-01-01
Artist: Konrad Junghänel
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