Leone Leoni (c.1560-1627)
- Missa super: "Ab austro veniet". 12 voc.
Performers: La Stagione Armonica; Sergio Balestracci (conductor)
Further info: Splendori del Barocco Veneziano Sacro
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Italian composer. He initially trained as a priest, probably at the
Scuola degli Accoliti, Verona. He later studied at the "academy"
maintained by Count Mario Bevilacqua in Verona, then was maestro di
cappella in Vicenza from 4 October 1588, in a post he held until his
death. In Bella Clori (1591) he described himself as a member of the
Accademia Olimpica. In 1593 he became a member of the confraternity of
Divine Love. In 1610 he was elected maestro della musica of the newly
formed Pia Opera dell’Incoronata. He was a disciple of the Venetian
school, and his works are characteristic for their application of
chromatic devices in harmony and antiphonal choral usages. He wrote
about 130 madrigals (41 not extant) and around 185 motets (about 40 not
extant).
