MERULO (MERLOTTI), CLAUDIO. - Musician, b. at Correggio on 8 April 1533, d. at Parma on 4 May 1604. On 2 July 1557 he was appointed second organist of St. Mark's in Venice, after having been organist at Brescia. In 1566 he succeeded A. Padovano as first organist; in 1586 he moved to Parma as organist at the court of Ranuccio Farnese and in the church of the Steccata.
A composer of rich harmony, his works, especially the madrigals, are creations of incomparable beauty, while his instrumental music reaches heights never attained by his predecessors in the fusion of the thematic and the coloristic. The 5 vols. of Madrigali a 3, 4, 5 voci were printed in Venice in 1566, 68, 79, 80 and 1604; likewise the 2 vols. of Messe (there 1573, 1609); and the 6 vols. of Mottetti e Sacrae cantiones (there 1578, 84, 93, 94, 95 and 1605).
Bibliography3 worksA. Catelani, Memorie della vita di C. M., Milano 1859; Q. Bini, Di C. M., Parma 1861; L. Ronga, in Gerolamo Frescobaldi, Torino 1930, pp. 24
BIBL.: A. Catelani, Memorie della vita di C. M., Milano 1859; Q. Bini, Di C. M., Parma 1861; L. Ronga, in Gerolamo Frescobaldi, Torino 1930, pp. 24-27.
Mattei, Silverio. “Merulo (Merlotti), claudio.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, col. 749. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/merulo-merlotti-claudio.
MLA
Mattei, Silverio. “Merulo (Merlotti), claudio.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 749. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/merulo-merlotti-claudio.
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author = {Mattei, Silverio},
title = {Merulo (Merlotti), claudio},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VIII},
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publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1952},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/merulo-merlotti-claudio}
}
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