VIVA PETRUCCI VENICE 1501 

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Towards the end of the 15th century, an extensive building program began in Venice. Visitors touring the republic commented on the rapid change as churches, palazzi and public buildings sprung up across the city.

Palladio created beautiful churches, the Lombardi embellished them with stunning sculptures, while Bellini, Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese painted pictures full of color. Venice's most important art and architecture epochs were in full swing.

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Such a display of splendor cannot be imagined without appropriate music.

In 1498, Ottaviano Petrucci patented a new, revolutionary system of printing music using movable metal types. The three-part printing process - first the staves, then the lyrics, and finally the music - is excellent and precise. Thus, on May 15, 1501, the first ever printed book of polyphonic music was published: "Harmonice Musices Odhecaton A", a collection of the most popular chansons by the most renowned music masters of his time such as Josquin, Agricola, Obrecht...

After the great success of this publication, the second and third books were followed by Canti B in 1502, and Canti C in 1504, 3 collections with a total of 287 works.

Between 1504 and 1514 Petrucci published eleven books containing hundreds of Frottole and between 1502 and 1505 five books with an extensive collection of Motetti, which as always included the most outstanding composers of his time.

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Tenor

4 Viola da Gamba

2 Lauten