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Toccata No. 10 for Theorbo - Alessandro Piccinini, Composer

Gabriele Palomba - Theorbo

Mille consiglie 17th Century Italian Violin Sonatas

℗ 2020 Glossa

Released 2020-06-05

Alessandro Piccinini (1566 Bologna - 1638 Bologna) Italian lutenist and composer. Piccinini was born into a musical family. His father Leonardo Maria Piccinini taught lute playing to Alessandro as well as his brothers Girolamo (died 1615) and Filippo (died 1648). Held appointments at the Este court in Ferrara from 1582-1597 and with Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini, papal legate at Bologna and Ferrara. 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 Maria Piccinini.

Theorbo and lute are both members of the lute family, but the theorbo is a larger instrument with a longer neck and different tuning, designed for playing lower bass notes. Lutes are smaller, with a shorter neck and a wider range of string lengths and tunings depending on the period. Theorbos were developed during the late sixteenth century in Italy, inspired by the demand for extended bass range instruments for use in the then-newly developed musical style of opera developed by the Florentine Camerata and new musical works utilizing basso continuo.