Renaissance · Italian

Claudio Merulo

1533 to 1604

Italian Renaissance

Core repertoire

Portrait of Claudio Merulo
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First organist of St Mark’s Basilica in Venice from 1566 to 1584, having played the second organ since 1557, Claudio Merulo ended his career in Parma, at the cathedral and then at the Steccata. His Toccate d’intavolatura d’organo (two books, 1598 and 1604) renewed the toccata by alternating contrapuntal sections with virtuoso passagework. Girolamo Diruta’s treatise Il Transilvano (1593) is dedicated to him; he also published ricercari, masses and canzoni for organ.

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5 works, 4 of them available to listen to.

Core repertoire

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