Composers

Biagio Marini

Violin
Voice
Cornett
Bassoon
Tenor
Viola
Trombone
Soprano
Alto
Bass
Sonata
Dance
Courante
Sinfonia
Balletti
Galliard
Madrigal
Canzona
Canzonetta
Arias
by popularity

A

Affetti musicali, Op.1Arie madrigali et corenti, Op.3

C

Capriccio for 2 Violins, Op.8 No.14

L

Lacrime di Davide, Op.21

M

Madrigali et symphonie, Op.2

O

O pretiosum et admirabile SacramentumOr che l'alba or che l'aurora

P

Passacalio, Op.22 No.25Per ogni sorte di strumento musicale, Op.22

R

Ricciutella pargoletta

S

Scherzi e canzonette, Op.5Semplicette verginelle che gia mai l'arte vi dieSignor che in CroceSonata a quattro, Op.22 No.24Sonata in ecco, Op.8 No.44Sonata nona, Op.8 No.9Sonata ottava, Op.8 No.8Sonata sexta, Op.8 No.6Sonata sopra 'Fuggi dolente core', Op.22 No.21Sonata terza, Op.22 No.23Sonata variata, Op.8 No.58Sonate, symphonie, canzoni, passe'mezzi, baletti, corenti, gagliarde e retornelli, Op.8

T

Trio Sonata in C major, Op.22 No.19Trio Sonata in D minor, Op.22 No.20Trio Sonata sopra la Monica, Op.8 No.45
Wikipedia
Biagio Marini (5 February 1594 – 20 March 1663) was an Italian virtuoso violinist and composer in the first half of the seventeenth century.
Marini was born in Brescia. He may have studied with his uncle Giacinto Bondioli. His works were printed and influential throughout the European musical world. He traveled throughout his life, and occupied posts in Brussels, over thirty years in Neuburg an der Donau and Düsseldorf, and Venice in 1615, joining Monteverdi's group at St. Mark's Cathedral, Padua, Parma, Ferrara, Milan, Bergamo, and Brescia in Italy. There is evidence that he married three times and fathered five children. He died in Venice.
Although he wrote both instrumental and vocal music, he is better known for his innovative instrumental compositions. He contributed to the early development of the string idiom by expanding the performance range of the solo and accompanied violin and incorporating slur, double and even triple stopping, and the first explicitly notated tremolo (in the sonata La Foscarina, op. 1 No. 14; 1617) effects into his music. He was also among the first composers, after Marco Uccellini, to call for scordatura tunings. He made contributions to most of the contemporary genres and investigated unusual compositional procedures, like constructing an entire sonata without a cadence (as in his Sonata senza cadenza). At least some, and perhaps a great deal, of his output is lost, but that which survives exhibits his inventiveness, lyrical skill, harmonic boldness, and growing tendency toward common practice tonality. In addition to his violin works, he wrote music for the cornett, dulcian, and sackbut.
One latter-day champion of Marini's music is the British violinist Andrew Manze, who has released a disc on the Harmonia Mundi label entitled Curiose e moderne inventioni devoted to Marini's music for strings.