Nicolò Fontei

IT
Composer of Classical

Italian composer Fontei, Nicholas, born at Orciano di Pesaro, presumably in the early years of the 17th century. There is no history regarding the family and his musical education. Certain is his education as organist that enabled him, in 1638, to fill the post of organist at the church of St. Mary of the Crociferis in Venice, the city in which he lived probably as early as 1634. Traceable back to 1637-38 also the vocation to the priesthood, which led him to wear the cassock.

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Fontei: Laudate pueri on Un concert pour Mazarin by Philippe Jaroussky

Pianto d'Erinna on Battaglie E Lamenti by Montserrat Figueras, Ton Koopman, Hespèrion XX & Jordi Savall

Strozzi: I Baci on Strozzi: Songs And Duets by Favella Lyrica

Strozzi: Sospira, Respira on Strozzi: Songs And Duets by Favella Lyrica

Fontei: Io V'adoro E Non V'amo on Strozzi: Songs And Duets by Favella Lyrica

Auree stelle. Condoglianza on Musiche Veneziane per Voce e Strumenti by Teresa Berganza

Libro secondo, Bizzarrie Poetiche: Dio ti salvi pastor on Barbara Strozzi - Virtuosa of Venice by Fieri Consort

Fontei: Dialogo - Filli E Tirsi on Strozzi: Songs And Duets by Favella Lyrica

Fontei: La Vita Solitaria on Strozzi: Songs And Duets by Favella Lyrica

Fontei: Felice Nascita Di Core Amante on Strozzi: Songs And Duets by Favella Lyrica

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Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Battaglie & Lamenti (1600-1660)	Claudio Monteverdi, Jacopo Peri, Nicolò Fontei, Barbara Strozzi, Montserrat Figueras, Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall	2000	Compil.

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