Antonio Bertali (03/1605 - 01/04/1669), an Italian violinist, conductor and composer (from Verona).
| Source: | Grove's dictionary of music and musicians |
| Contributor: | Tassos Dimitriadis (picture)
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Bertali wrote eight settings of the requiem mass. Later in the 17th century numerous requiem settings, many in concertato style, were produced by composers including G.B. Bassani, G.A. Bernabei, Antonio Bertali (eight settings), Biber, Giovanni Cavaccio, Cavalli, Cazzati, Joan Cererols, G.P. Colonna, P.A. Fiocco (three settings), Santino Girelli, J.K. Heller, J.C. Kerll (two settings), A.V. Michna, Marcin Mielczewski, Alessandro Scarlatti, Johann Stadlmayer, Christoph Straus (two settings) and Viadana.
| Author: | Steven Chang-Lin Yu |
Requiem pro Ferdinando II
| Period: | Late Renaissance |
| Composed in: | 1637 |
| Musical form: | mass |
| Text/libretto: | Latin mass |
| In memory of: | Ferdinando II |
This requiem was written for Ferdinando II d'Asburgo (09/07/1578 - 15/02/1637), holy Roman emperor (1619–37), archduke of Austria, king of Bohemia (1617–19, 1620–27), and king of Hungary (1618–25). He was the leading champion of the Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation and of absolutist rule during the Thirty Years' War.
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Ferdinand II
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Requiem (9x)
| Period: | Baroque |
| Musical form: | masses |
| Text/libretto: | Latin mass |
He wrote another 9 requiem masses.
| Source: | Reiemann Musik Lexikon |
| Contributor: | Steven Chang-Lin Yu |