Claudio Monteverdi Masterpieces
Italian composer, string player, choirmaster, and priest (1567–1643)
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- viola da braccio, viol, pipe organ
- opera, Baroque music
- Republic of Venice
- music theorist, viol player, Catholic priest, classical composer, singer, composer, opera composer, choreographer, musicologist
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Claudio Monteverdi: most famous pieces
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) left a body of work of more than 420 compositions. To discover his repertoire, the question is: where to start? Perhaps with his main compositions and most famous works. But what are best known or most important works of Claudio Monteverdi? How do they fit into his career, throughout his creative activity? Which genre dominates: instrumental music, vocal music or other? And beyond that, in what artistic and musical context: what other composers were at the same time, famous contemporaries of Monteverdi?
soclassiq offers you here, without bias, a selection of 5 major works to discover and listen to, like “L'Orfeo” or “L'incoronazione di Poppea”. This selection is completed by 5 other compositions that are also quite famous. For sure the best of Claudio Monteverdi, to make you want to go further with his other pieces or with the work of other composers who have significant similarities with the work of Monteverdi.
Creative activity
based on dated works only
Duration of the works
(average or estimed)
Number of works
1582
62 years
1643
Number of works
Duration of the works (average or estimed)
Work for choir (30)
Song, lied (1)
Opera (13)
Work for orchestra (1)
not qualified (2)
Ballet (4)
Other renowned works
1640 - Selva morale e spirituale
1638 - Hor che'l ciel e la terra e'l vento tace
1620 - Andromeda
1617 - Intermède Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo
1608 - L’Arianna
This selection of works is not the result of personal preferences or artistic opinion. Selected works come from an exclusive data analysis method developed by soclassiq.
The dating of the works can be precise or sometimes approximate. It may correspond to the premiere date or publication year or completion of the composition (that can be several years after its first public execution).
1560 .. 1640 : the essential composers
1525-1594 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
1567-1643 Claudio Monteverdi °
1548-1611 Tomás Luis de Victoria
1637-1707 Dietrich Buxtehude
1585-1672 Heinrich Schütz
1532-1594 Orlande de Lassus
1561-1633 Jacopo Peri
1566-1613 Carlo Gesualdo
1583-1643 Girolamo Frescobaldi
1632-1687 Jean-Baptiste Lully °
1557-1612 Giovanni Gabrieli
1505-1585 Thomas Tallis
° : Masterpieces listed
On stage or recorded, listen these essential works Claudio Monteverdi
Meet the greatest works of classical music
Currently, 25000+ works are listed for a small selection of 101 composers among thousands listed here. Many composers are missing of which some are essential: J. Rodriguo, C. Franck, H. Gorecki, C. Nielsen, J.Corigliano, P. Hindemith, C. Ives, A. Webern ... New catalogues will be processed later to complete this experience of the discovery of the classical music masterpieces. Thus this selection of works will be updated.
Vocal music
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Through the ages
Some major genres or forms among the 150 listed
Concerto, Symphony, Rhapsody, Sonata, Lied, Mass, Suite, Trio, Quartet, Quintet, Waltz, March, Operetta, ...
Composed for piano, harpsichord, organ, violin, cello, viola, flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, string orchestra, string quartet, ...
The purpose of these pages is to point out few relevant works only among tens of thousands and to provide some chronological references.