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Renaissance Music in Croatia is a website dedicated to the critical edition of music by composers and sources from the Croatian area, and also by Italian musicians who worked in Croatia during the Renaissance. This site collects the critical editions of pieces of music, references to musical and literary manuscripts and printed sources produced from the fifteenth to the end of the sixteenth century, and biographies. The critical editions can be downloaded in three formats: PDF, Sibelius and MEI files. This is a project in progress, periodically enriched with new editions of music.

During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, Croatia was a crossroads of cultures, politically controlled by the Hapsburgs, the Hungarian kingdom, the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire, while the Republic of Dubrovnik remained autonomous. Croatian Renaissance culture, especially in the region from Istria to Dubrovnik, contributed to the development of European musical production in different forms, such as:

The results of the researches on music in Renaissance Croatia are published in the following volumes:

Musicologists interested in contributing are invited to contact the responsible of the project, Vincent Besson.

External links

Renaissance Music and Culture in Croatia (Turnhout: Brepols, 2016)
Renaissance Music in the Slavic World (Turnhout: Brepols, 2019)

Contributors

Ailin Arjmand

Hyacinthe Belliot

Vincent Besson

Nikola Lovrinic

Francesco Pezzi

Javier Pino

Ennio Stipčević

Philippe Vendrix

Vasco Zara


Andrea Antico circa 1480-fl. 1521

Roles: Composer ; Editor ; Music printer ; Organist ; Priest ; Singer

Roles: Composer ; Dedicatee/Owner

Andrija Paltašić circa 1440-circa 1500

Roles: Printer/Publisher

Angelo Gardano circa 1540-1611

Roles: Bookseller ; Music printer

Annibale Coma circa 1543-fl. 1580

Roles: Composer ; Organist

Antoine Barré fl. 1551-1572

Roles: Bookseller ; Composer ; Instrumentalist ; Music printer ; Singer

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer

Antonio Gardano fl. 1538-1569†

Roles: Bookseller ; Composer ; Music printer ; Printer/Publisher

Roles: Composer ; Member of a church (musician) ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer ; Tenor

Roles: Bookseller ; Printer/Publisher

Bartolomeo Spontone 1530-circa 1592

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Member of a civic musical ensemble ; Singer ; Student

Roles: Printer/Publisher

Benedetto Pallavicino circa 1551-1601

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Instrumentalist ; Singer

Bonino de Boninis 1457/1458-1528

Roles: Bookseller ; Editor ; Printer/Publisher

Roles: Composer

Cesare Acelli fl. 1568/1588

Roles: Composer

Felice Anerio circa 1560-1614

Roles: Altus ; Choirboy ; Choirmaster ; Composer ; Secondary composer ; Superius

Roles: Printer/Publisher

Roles: Composer

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Instrumentalist

Francesco Menta circa 1540-...

Roles: Composer

Roles: Music printer ; Printer/Publisher

Roles: Printer/Publisher

Francesco Stivori circa 1550-1605

Roles: Composer ; Organist

Roles: Dedicatee/Owner

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon) ; Organist ; Priest

Roles: Bookseller ; Printer/Publisher

Roles: Lyricist-Poet ; Professional environment - Others ; Student ; University teacher ; Writer/Scientist

Gabriele Fattorini 1570-fl. 1609

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer

Roles: Composer ; Organist

Gasparo Pratoneri fl. 1556/1559

Roles: Composer ; Priest

Giacomo Vincenti fl. 1583/1604

Roles: Bookseller ; Music printer ; Printer/Publisher

Roles: Bassus ; Choirmaster ; Composer ; Instrumentalist ; Singer

Roles: Composer ; Organist

Roles: Composer ; Lyricist-Poet ; Writer/Scientist

Roles: Composer

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer

Giovanni Croce circa 1557-1609

Roles: Altus ; Choirmaster ; Cleric ; Composer ; Singer

Roles: Composer

Roles: Bookseller ; Cartographer ; Editor ; Printer/Publisher

Giovanni Gabrieli 1554/1557-1612

Roles: Composer ; Instrumentalist ; Organist

Roles: Choirboy ; Choirmaster ; Composer ; Instrumentalist ; Student ; Teacher ; Tenor

Giovanni Matteo Asola circa 1532-1609

Roles: Choirmaster ; Cleric ; Composer ; Instrumentalist

Girolamo Belli 1552-circa 1620

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer

Roles: Dedicatee/Owner

Girolamo Scotto circa 1505-1572

Roles: Bookseller ; Composer ; Music printer ; Printer/Publisher

Giulio Belli circa 1560-fl. 1600

Roles: Choirmaster ; Cleric ; Composer ; Member of a church (lower ranked officer) ; Monastic Order

Giulio Schiavetto fl. 1557/1573

Roles: Composer ; Member of a princely/private household

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Instrumentalist ; Singer

Ippolito Baccusi circa 1540-1609

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer

Roles: Choirboy ; Composer ; Instrumentalist ; Master of choirboys ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Singer

Roles: Bookseller ; Printer/Publisher

Lambert Courtois fl. 1550-1585

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Instrumentalist ; Singer

Roles: Dedicatee/Owner ; Member of a church (higher ecclesiastic, canon)

Roles: Lyricist-Poet

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Instrumentalist ; Singer ; Writer/Scientist

Lodovico Bellanda circa 1575-after 1613

Roles: Composer ; Organist

Lodovico Viadana circa 1560-1627

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Monastic Order

Roles: Printer/Publisher

Roles: Lyricist-Poet

Marc'Antonio Pordenon circa 1535-1586

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Member of a civic musical ensemble

Roles: Dedicatee/Owner

Michele Carrara circa 1580†

Roles: Composer ; Lutenist

Miho Monaldi 1540-1592

Roles: Lyricist-Poet ; Writer/Scientist

Roles: Writer/Scientist

Orazio Griffi circa 1566-1624

Roles: Composer ; Monastic Order ; Organist ; Tenor

Orazio Vecchi 1550-1605

Roles: Choirmaster ; Cleric ; Composer ; Member of a court chapel (musician) ; Teacher

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Organist

Roles: Printer/Publisher

Pavao Skalić 1534-1575

Roles: Member of a court chapel (lower ranked officer) ; Member of a princely/private household ; Student ; Writer/Scientist

Roles: Lyricist-Poet

Pierre Phalèse I l'Ancien circa 1510-1574/1577

Roles: Bookseller ; Dedicator ; Music printer ; Printer/Publisher

Ricciardo Amadino fl. 1579-1621†

Roles: Bookseller ; Music printer

Romolo Naldi circa 1550-1612

Roles: Composer ; Member of a princely/private household ; Organist ; Writer/Scientist

Ruggiero Giovannelli circa 1560-1625

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Instrumentalist ; Singer

Roles: Cleric ; Editor ; Monastic Order ; Writer/Scientist

Roles: Lyricist-Poet

Stefano Felis 1538-1603

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer ; Dedicator ; Priest

Roles: Printer/Publisher

Roles: Lyricist-Poet ; Member of a princely/private household ; Student

Vincenzo Bellavere 1540/1541-1587

Roles: Composer ; Organist

Vincenzo Ruffo circa 1508-1587

Roles: Choirmaster ; Composer

Vittorio Baldini fl. 1575-1618†

Roles: Bookseller ; Music printer ; Printer/Publisher

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