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Tarquinio Merula
Personb. 1595 · Busseto, Italy, Italy
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Bio
Tarquinio Merula (1595–1665) was an Italian composer, organist, and violinist active during the early Baroque period. Born in Busseto, he held posts in Poland, Bergamo, and Cremona, where he contributed significantly to the development of instrumental and sacred music. His output includes numerous masses, motets, madrigals, and innovative trio sonatas that blend Renaissance polyphony with emerging Baroque idioms. Merula’s works are noted for their expressive melodies and idiomatic writing for strings and continuo.
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Canzoni a quattro voci, Op. 1: No. 2, La Lusignuola
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- 23:58
Canzoni a quattro voci, Op. 1: No. 4, La Merula
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- 33:05
Composizioni per Organo e Cembalo: Intonazione cromatica del nono tono
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- 43:30
Composizioni per Organo e Cembalo: Toccata del secondo tono
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- 53:20
Canzoni da suonare, Op. 17: No. 18, La Cavagliera
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- 64:02
Composizioni per Organo e Cembalo: Capriccio cromatico
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- 72:26
Composizioni per Organo e Cembalo: Canzon II in C Major
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- 82:46
Merula: Ciaccona
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- 92:39
Merula: La gallina (The Chicken)
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- 103:59
Ciaconna - After Bertali, Merula & Monteverdi
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- 117:58
Canzonetta Spirituale sopra alla nanna: Hor ch’è tempo di dormire
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Intonazione cromatica del quarto tono
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Albums
Merula: Concerti spirituali
Album · 2025
Terra Mater
Album · 2025
His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts Grand Tour: Italy, Spain & Germany in the 16th and 17th Centuries
Album · 1996
The Age of Extravagance: VIrtuoso Iberian & Italian Cornett Music
Album · 1998
L'encyclopédie de l'orgue - L'orgue italien: Trabaci, Frescobaldi, Scarlatti, Zipoli... (À l'orgue de l'église Santa Maria Assunta de Pisogne)
Album · 2026