Domenico Mazzocchi
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Domenico Mazzocchi was an Italian baroque composer of the generation after Claudio Monteverdi
. He was a composer of only vocal music, motet
s, oratorio
s and madrigal
s which have continuo, similar to the late Monteverdi's ones.
He is associated with providing music for the popes, particularly Cardinal Maffeo Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII
.
His younger brother Virgilio Mazzocchi
was also a Roman composer who had a similar career as a Vatican music provider.
Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, gambist, and singer.Monteverdi's work, often regarded as revolutionary, marked the transition from the Renaissance style of music to that of the Baroque period. He developed two individual styles of composition – the...
. He was a composer of only vocal music, motet
Motet
In classical music, motet is a word that is applied to a number of highly varied choral musical compositions.-Etymology:The name comes either from the Latin movere, or a Latinized version of Old French mot, "word" or "verbal utterance." The Medieval Latin for "motet" is motectum, and the Italian...
s, oratorio
Oratorio
An oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. Like an opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias...
s and madrigal
Madrigal (music)
A madrigal is a secular vocal music composition, usually a partsong, of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras. Traditionally, polyphonic madrigals are unaccompanied; the number of voices varies from two to eight, and most frequently from three to six....
s which have continuo, similar to the late Monteverdi's ones.
He is associated with providing music for the popes, particularly Cardinal Maffeo Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII
Pope Urban VIII
Pope Urban VIII , born Maffeo Barberini, was pope from 1623 to 1644. He was the last pope to expand the papal territory by force of arms, and was a prominent patron of the arts and reformer of Church missions...
.
His younger brother Virgilio Mazzocchi
Virgilio Mazzocchi
Virgilio Mazzocchi was an Italian baroque composer.He was born in Civita Castellana, the younger brother of Domenico Mazzocchi. Like his brother, who shared some features of his career, he was largely a composer of sacred vocal music.Mazzocchi is associated with providing music for the papal chapels...
was also a Roman composer who had a similar career as a Vatican music provider.