Short bio Giovanni Battista Buonamente
Full biography Giovanni Battista Buonamente
Giovanni Battista Buonamente was an Italian composer who lived during the Baroque period in music history. He was born in 1595 in Mantua, a city in northern Italy known for its patronage of music and the arts. Buonamente was a violist and likely received his musical training in Mantua.
Buonamente's career took him to several cities in Italy, including Venice, Ferrara, and Rome. He worked at the court of the Este family in Ferrara from 1622 to 1630, where he was responsible for composing music for various occasions and events. He later served as a violinist in the Papal chapel in Rome, where he worked alongside other renowned Baroque composers such as Girolamo Frescobaldi.
Buonamente is best known for his instrumental music, which includes a variety of genres such as sonatas, canzonas, and balletti. His music is characterized by its lively rhythms, virtuosic writing for the violin and other instruments, and use of harmonies that reflect the influence of the Venetian style of music composition.
Buonamente's compositions were widely admired during his lifetime, and he was highly regarded by his contemporaries. Today, his music is less frequently performed than that of some other Baroque composers, but his works continue to be studied and appreciated for their innovative use of harmony and virtuosic writing for the violin.
Compositions featuring Giovanni Battista Buonamente
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sonata for 2 violins & bassoon, No 1 ("A 3") | 17:44 min | Chamber Music | 1643 |
| 2 | Sinfonia No. 3 for ensemble "detta la Sagreda" | 6:45 min | Chamber Music | 1637 |
| 3 | Sinfonia No. 2 "detta la Rovetta" for transverse flute & ensemble | 9:35 min | Chamber Music | 1637 |
| 4 | Sonata à 6 (Sonate et Canzoni, Book 6) | 3:18 min | Chamber Music | 1636 |
| 5 | Sonata à 2 violins & 2 basses (Book 6) | 3:50 min | Chamber Music | 1636 |
| 6 | Sonata Quarta à 2 (Book 6) | 5:07 min | Chamber Music | 1636 |
| 7 | Sonata Prima à 3, for 2 violins & bass "da brazzo o fagotto" | 3:53 min | Chamber Music | 1636 |
| 8 | Sonata No. 1 à 2, for transverse flute & theorbo | 2:32 min | Chamber Music | 1636 |
| 9 | Canzon à 2 (Canon Violino e dolzaina o basso da brazzo) (Book 6) | 4:11 min | Chamber Music | 1636 |
| 10 | Canzon quinta à 4, for transverse flute & continuo | 4:29 min | Chamber Music | 1636 |
| 11 | Sonata No.4, Libro 4 | 4:27 min | Chamber Music | 1626 |
| 12 | Sonata No.10 sopra Cavaletto zoppo, Libro 4 | 4:11 min | Chamber Music | 1626 |
| 13 | Balletto terzo (Book 4) | Chamber Music | 1626 | |
| 14 | Sonata quinta "Poi che noi rimena" (Book 4) | 4:38 min | Chamber Music | 1626 |
| 15 | Balletto primo (Book 4) | Chamber Music | 1626 | |
| 16 | Gagliarda Decima | 1:20 min | Chamber Music | 1626 |
| 17 | Sonata quarta (Book 4) | 4:36 min | Chamber Music | 1626 |
| 18 | Sonata No. 6 sopra "Rugiero" for theorbo, transverse flute & violin | 5:16 min | Chamber Music | 1626 |
| 19 | Sonata No. 9 sopra "Quello e' quel loco", for transverse flute & continuo | 3:46 min | Chamber Music | 1626 |
| 20 | Le tanto tempo hormai, Libro 4/49 | 5:44 min | Chamber Music | 1626 |
| 21 | Sonata for violin, lute, trumpet & 3 trombones ("A 6") | 3:34 min | Chamber Music | 16?? |
| 22 | Sonata prima a 4 | 6:27 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 23 | Sonata No. 9 à 3 ("Questo e quel luoco") | 4:27 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 24 | Sonata No. 22 a 6 (Book 6) | 3:39 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 25 | Sonata ottava sopra La Romanesca | 4:51 min | - | |
| 26 | Sonata a 5 | 2:24 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 27 | Balletto secondo (Book 4) | Chamber Music | - | |
| 28 | Sonata Quinta a 2 | 5:05 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 29 | Sonata Seconda for 3 | 5:09 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 30 | Sonata terza à 2 | 3:59 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 31 | Avanti il Brando | 1:02 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 32 | Ammore che gira | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - | |
| 33 | Il quarto libro de varie sonate | Chamber Music | - | |
| 34 | Canzon Quarta (Book 6) | 3:05 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 35 | Canzona a 4 | 3:22 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 36 | Canzona a 5 | 3:13 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 37 | Canzona a 6 | 3:05 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 38 | Canzona a 6, No. 23 (Book 6) | 2:56 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 39 | Corrente Ottava | 1:18 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 40 | Corrente terza e quarta | 1:18 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 41 | Gagliarda seconda | 1:45 min | Orchestral | - |
| 42 | Gagliarda Terza | 1:33 min | Orchestral | - |
| 43 | Ballo de Gran Duca, for 3 viols, theorbo & harpsichord | 6:46 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 44 | Intrada a 6 for 2 cornets, 4 trombones & continuo | 0:50 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 45 | Palomma 'e notte | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - | |
| 46 | Sinfonia for 2 violins & continuo (Book 4) | 1:49 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 47 | Brando Terzo | 2:11 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 48 | Brando Quarto | 1:45 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 49 | Sinfonia No. 6 for cornet & ensemble | 4:06 min | Concerto | - |
| 50 | Sinfonia Ottava | 3:41 min | Symphony | - |
| 51 | Sonata a 3 violini (Book 6) | 5:48 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 52 | Sonata a Sei | 3:35 min | Chamber Music | - |
Albums featuring Giovanni Battista Buonamente
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Gabrieli - Marini - Fontana - Castello - Cavalli - Uccellini - Buonamente, Clematis – Quattro Violini A Venezia(CD, ) | 2019 | Ricercar |
| 2 |  |
Buonamente - Helianthus Ensemble, Paula Pontecorvo – L'e' Tanto Tempo Hormai - Sonatas, Canzonas And Sinfonias(CD, ) | 2012 | Brilliant Classics |
| 3 |  |
Correa De Arauxo · Bassano · Buonamento · Castello · Macque · Merula · Peñalosa · Schein · Scheidt · Vierdanck · Weckmann · Ximénez – His Majestys Sagbutts And Cornetts – Grand Tour - Music From 16th & 17th-Century Italy, Spain And Germany(CD, Reissue | 2010 | Helios |
| 4 |  |
Monteverdi, Castello, Buonamente, Ferro, Neri, Ensemble La Fenice, Jean Tubéry – Concerto Imperiale(CD, ) | 2005 | Ricercar |
| 5 |  |
Giovanni Battista Buonamente - Monica Huggett, Bruce Dickey, Galatea (2), Paul Beier – Balli, Sonate & Canzoni(CD, ) | 2001 | Stradivarius |
| 6 |  |
Salamon Rossi, Biagio Marini & Giovanni Battista Buonamente, Rebel, Jörg-Michael Schwarz – Rossi And His Circle | 1999 | Dorian Recordings |
| 7 |  |
Accademia Bizantina, J.H. Kapsberger, G.M. Trabaci, G. Frescobaldi, A. Falconiero, T. Merula, B. Marini, D. Castello, G. M. Bounamente, G. Picchi, B. Storace – Il Gioco Barocco Del Seicento Italiano | 1997 | Thymallus |
Videos featuring Giovanni Battista Buonamente
Giovanni Battista Buonamente (c.1595-1643)-Sonatas, Canzonas & Sinfonias(Helianthus Ensemble, Laura)
Giovanni Battista Buonamente (c.1595-1643)
Sonatas, Canzonas & Sinfonias (Helianthus Ensemble, Laura)
Giovanni Battista Buonamente (Mantua, ca. 1595 - Asís, 1642) fue un compositor y violinista italiano del período barroco temprano.
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Quattro violoni a Venezia by Clematis
Release date → September 2019
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Although the first violin virtuosos came mainly from Cremona, Brescia or Mantua, it was Venice that swiftly emerged as the principal centre for the develop
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