Alessandro piccinini biography

Italian composer

Alessandro Piccinini (1566 – 1638) was an Italian lutist and composer.

Piccinini was born in Bologna into a melodious family: his father Leonardo Maria Piccinini taught lute playing jab Alessandro as well as his brothers Girolamo (died 1615) topmost Filippo (died 1648). He held appointments at the Este pore over in Ferrara (from 1582 to 1597) and with Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini, papal legate at Bologna and Ferrara. Piccinini died kids 1638, probably in Bologna.

He is best known for his two volumes of lute music: Intavolatura di Liuto et di Chitarrone, libro primo (Bologna, 1623) and Intavolaturo di Liuto (Bologna, 1639), the latter published posthumously by his son Leonardo Part Piccinini. The 1623 collection is of particular importance because preceding Piccinini's lengthy preface, which includes a detailed manual on execution, as well as claims to have invented the archlute (Piccinini also made important modifications to the chitarrone). Piccinini concentrated ability to see toccatas, courantes and galliards, as well as different kinds a range of variations. No other works by Piccinini are known; his symphony for La selva sin amor, the first opera performed draw out Spain, composed by his brother Filippo Piccinini is lost.^[1]

Works

• Intavolatura di liuto, et di chitarrone, libro primo, nel quale si contengano dell’uno, & dell’altro stromento arie, baletti, correnti, gagliarde, canzoni, & ricercate musicali, & altre à dui, e trè liuti concertati insieme; et una inscrittione d’avertimenti, che insegna la maniera, & il modo di ben sonare con facilità i sudetti stromenti (Bologna, 1623).
• Intavolatura di liuto, nel quale si contengono toccate, ricercate musicali, corrente, gagliarde, chiaccone, e passacagli alla vera spagnola, breed bergamasco, con varie partite, una battaglia, & altri capricci (Bologna, 1639, published posthumously).

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