Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

 

RECOMMENDED READING

Monteverdi’s pivotal place in
music history is discussed
in the article “Passionate Praise”

Anthony Pryor’s brief biography
of Monteverdi in at the
BBC Music Magazine website

 

Works by Claudio Monteverdi in the
All Saints Choir repertoire

Adoramus te Christe

Agnus Dei (from Messa da Capella a quattro voci, 1650)

O bone Jesu

Sanctus, Benedictus, and Agnus Dei (from Messa da Capella a quattro voci, 1641)