Modern music and musicians : [Encyclopedic] . say of the instrumental prelude, formed,from beginning to end, upon one singlechord, with one single bass note sustainedthroughout? No two compositions could beless alike, in feeling, than this and the in-troduction to Das Rheingold—yet, inconstruction, the two pieces are absolutelyidentical. Monteverde produced only one morework of any importance, during his resi-dence at Mantua—a mythological spectacle,called II Ballo delle Ingrate, which wasperformed at the same time as years later he was invited to Venice bythe procuratori of Saint M
Modern music and musicians : [Encyclopedic] . say of the instrumental prelude, formed,from beginning to end, upon one singlechord, with one single bass note sustainedthroughout? No two compositions could beless alike, in feeling, than this and the in-troduction to Das Rheingold—yet, inconstruction, the two pieces are absolutelyidentical. Monteverde produced only one morework of any importance, during his resi-dence at Mantua—a mythological spectacle,called II Ballo delle Ingrate, which wasperformed at the same time as years later he was invited to Venice bythe procuratori of Saint Marks, who, onthe death of Giulio Cesare Martinengo, in1613, elected him their maestro di capella,promising him a salary of three hundredducats per annum—half as much again asany previous maestro had ever received— 24 CLAUDIO MONTEVERDE together with a sum of fifty ducats for theexpenses of his journey, and a house in thecanons close. In 1616 his salary wasraised to five hundred ducats, and fromthat time forward he gave himself to the. CLAUDIO MONTEVERDE service of the Republic, and signed his nameClaudio Monteverde, Veneziano. The new maestros time was now fully oc-cupied in the composition of Church musicfor the cathedral, in training the singerswho were to perform it, and in directing thesplendid choir placed under his efforts to please his generous patronswere crowned with complete success, andhis fame spread far and wide. On May 25,1621, some Florentines resident in Venicecelebrated a grand Requiem, in the Churchof SS. Giovanni e Paolo, in memory of DukeCosmo II. Monteverde composed the music,which produced a profound impression,but, judging from Strozzis extravagant de-scription, it would seem to have been morefitted for performance in the theatre. A happier opportunity for the exerciseof his own peculiar talent presented itselfin 1624, in connection with some festivitieswhich took place at the Palace of Girolamo Mocenigo. On this occasion he composedth
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