Giovanni Battista Buonamente (c. 1595 – 1642) was an Italian

Italy

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 composer

Composer

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 and violin

Violin

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ist in the early Baroque

Baroque music

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 era. He served the Gonzagas

House of Gonzaga

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 in Mantua

Mantua

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 until c. 1622, and from c. 1626 to 1630 served the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor

Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor

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 in Vienna

Vienna

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. Notably, in 1627 he played for the coronation festivities in Prague

Prague

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 of Ferdinand III, son of the emperor. He then served as the violinist of Madonna della Steccata church in Parma

Parma

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. After a short service there, he arrived at his final position in 1633 of maestro di cappella

Kapellmeister

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at Assisi

Assisi

- Churches :* The Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi is a World Heritage Site. The Franciscan monastery, il Sacro Convento, and the lower and upper church of St Francis were begun immediately after his canonization in 1228, and completed in 1253...

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Works

His work is characteristic of early Baroque style, as evidenced in his Sonata 6. Brass, which was popularized in an arrangement by Robert King.

• Il quarto libro de varie de sonate, sinfonie, gagliarde, corrente, e brandi per sonar con due violini & un basso di viola (Venice, 1626)
• Il sesto libro di sonate et canzoni... (Venice, 1636)
• Il settimo libro di sonate, sinfonie... (Venice, 1637)

Literature

• Cavalier Giovanni Battista Buonamente: Franciscan Violinist; 2005 Peter Allsop; ISBN 1-84014-627-3

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