Nicolò Corradini ( in

Cremona Cremona ( , , ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po (river), Po river in the middle of the Po Valley. It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local city a ...

– 7 August 1646), was an

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and

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of the early

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Life

Corradini was a disciple of his predecessor Omobono Morsolino. He served as the organist to the Cremona Cathedral.

Tarquinio Merula Tarquinio Merula (24 November 1595 – 10 December 1665) was an Italian composer, organist, and violinist of the early Baroque era. Although mainly active in Cremona, stylistically he was a member of the Venetian school. He was one of the most pr ...

shaped the music scene in his hometown. In 1622 he directed the musical performances at the Accademia degli Animosi with a local noble who launched the institution. In 1635 he became ''

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'' for Merula as "maestro di Cappella delle Laudi".

Works

*''Alcuni concertati con instromenti'', Book 1 - a collection of

motets In Western classical music, a motet is mainly a vocal musical composition, of highly diverse form and style, from high medieval music to the present. The motet was one of the preeminent polyphonic forms of Renaissance music. According to the Engl ...

. (Venice, 1613) *Ricercari a 4 (Venice, 1615) *'' Madrigali, con sinfonie de viole'' (Venice, 1620) *''Primo libro de Canzoni Francese a 4 & alcune Suonate'' (Venice, 1624)

Recordings

*''Cremona e la sua tutela celeste'' Music for the Cremona's Cathedral (1610-1620). Psalms and motets by N. Corradini and Bernardo Corsi. L'aura soave Cremona. *Corradini: 12 Ricercari & Mattia Vendi: Canzoni Federico Del Sordo (organ/harpshichord)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Corradini, Niccolo Italian Baroque composers Italian male classical composers Italian classical organists Italian male classical organists 1580s births 1646 deaths 17th-century Italian composers 17th-century Italian male musicians