Bartolomeo Montalbano

Bartolomeo Montalbano (* around 1595 in Bologna, † before March 18, 1651 ) was an Italian composer and conductor of the Baroque.

Bartolomeo Montalbano probably received his musical education by Camillo Cortellini (1561-1630) in Bologna. In 1619 he entered the Franciscan Order and was christened on July 22, 1622 his greater glory. After a stay in Rome, he worked from 1629 as Kapellmeister of the Franciscan monastery in Palermo, where several works collections were published. 1633 Montalbano returned back to the convent of San Francesco Bologna, where in 1642 he held the position of " Maestro di capella" until his death. His brother Guido Montalbano (1600-1698) took over after 1651 the post of Kapellmeister at the monastery.

Works

Reported are the printed baroque Sinfonias for various occupations, motets, and a four -part mass. The style of his instrumental works inspired by the compositions of Biagio Marini and Giovanni Battista Fontana and Montalbano is one of these to the founders of modern violin technique in the first third of the 17th century. The sacred works have made ​​a simplified style of spiritual concerts by Giovanni Gabrieli and Claudio Monteverdi.

• Symphony ad uno e doi violini, a doi, e trombone, con il Partimento per l' organo, con alcune à quattro viole. (Palermo, Giovanni Battista Maringo, 1629).
• Motetti ad 1, 2, 3, 4, et 8 voci, con il Partimento per l' organo, et una Messa a 4 (Palermo, Giovanni Battista Maringo, 1629).