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Giovanni Battista Brevi

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Giovanni Battista Brevi (Bergamo, ca. 1650; Milan, after 1725) was an Italian Baroque composer.

His later collections of cantatas comprised three out of the four publications of Fortuniano Rosati, Modena, the fourth being by count Pirro Albergati.[1]

Works

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  • Op. 3 Bizzarrie armoniche, ovvero Sonate da camera a tre stromenti col basso continuo 1693[2]
  • Op. 5 Cantate morali 1695
  • Op. 6 La catena d'oro 1696
  • Op. 7 Cantate ed'ariette 1697
  • Op. 8 Deliri d'amor divino, o cantate a voce sola e continuo (Venice, 1708)

Performing Editions

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Cantatas

  • Deliciae terrenae: soprano and Basso continuo[3]
  • O spiritus angelici: alto and Basso continuo[4]
  • Catenae terrenae: bass and b.c.[5]

Recordings

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References

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  1. ^ Michael Talbot Aspects of the Secular Cantata in Late Baroque Italy 2009 Page 94
  2. ^ Andreas Giger, Thomas J. Mathiesen Music in the mirror: reflections on the history of music theory 2002 p146
  3. ^ Giovanni Battista Brevi. Deliciae terrenae: Sopran (Tenor) und Basso continuo 1958 16 pages
  4. ^ Giovanni Battista Brevi O spiritus angelici: Alt und Basso continuo 1961 - 13 pages
  5. ^ Giovanni Battista Brevi Catenae terrenae: per la Beata Vergine Maria : Bass und Basso continuo 1957 - 16 pages