Giovanni Battista Brevi

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
  • 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

Cantatas

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

Recordings
gollark: I'm not sure how I managed that given that we just removed its teeth and skin and are trying to carry it out of a cavern.
gollark: I try and calm down the crocodile, 2d6.
gollark: it tried and failed to bite ubq.
gollark: It is awake.
gollark: The now-aggressive skinless toothless crocodile with its mouth barely held shut?

References
  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
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