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Alessandro Grandi
Person · male · Republic of Venice · Ferrara · born 1577 · died 1630 · recording since 1995
Italian composer
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Also known as アレッサンドロ・グランディ
Timeline
7 events▣ Album 4◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1570s
1630s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Alessandro Grandi and Masters of Italian Baroque
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2000s
2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography190 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1377338372
Biography
Alessandro Grandi (1590 – after June 1630, but in that year) was a northern Italian composer of the early Baroque era, writing in the new stile concertato (lit. 'concerted style'). He was one of the most inventive, influential, and popular composers of the time, probably second only to Monteverdi in northern Italy.
Life
Grandi was born in Venice and spent the first part of his life there, likely studying with Giovanni Gabrieli. He held several posts in Ferrara as maestro di cappella at different cathedrals and academies. In 1617 he won a post at St. Mark's in Venice, during the time Monteverdi was choirmaster there. Eventually he became Monteverdi's assistant, and during this time seems to have chosen to write works in some of the smaller forms which Monteverdi was neglecting. In 1627 he went to Bergamo, probably because he had an opportunity to be maestro di cappella at a place where he could build up the music program from scratch. Most likely he met Heinrich Schütz on that composer's second visit to Italy. Unfortunately, after only three years at Bergamo, Grandi died in 1630 during an outbreak of the plague.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 17 | 76.4th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 7 | 82.6th |
| Recording span (years) | -365 | 0.9th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (4 release groups · 4 studio albums)
Albums · 4
Alessandro Grandi and Masters of Italian Baroque
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 48:08
1Osculetur me4:312Sonata prima a 23:373Venite filii1:344O intemerata a 22:565Deus misereatur nostri2:506Caecilia2:507Canzon a 5 "La Zorzi"2:438O dulce nomen Jesus4:499Sinfonia a 41:0110Salvum me fac Domine a 22:4211Bone Jesu5:0612Sonata terza a 23:3013Veni sancte spiritus3:3214O quam speciosa6:272002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:12:02
1Il primo libro de Motetti: O quam tu pulchra es3:012Motetti a voce sola: In lectulo meo2:133Motetti a cinque voci: Versa est3:314Motetti con Sinfonie d'Istromenti: Salve Regina4:065Il sesto libro de Motetti: Quemadmodum desiderat5:056Motetti a voce sola: O intemerata3:267Motetti con Sinfonie d'Istromenti, libro secondo: Osculetur me4:018Motetti a cinque voci: Ave Regina3:029Motetti con Sinfonie d'Istromenti: Bone Jesu verbum patris5:0310Il primo libro de Motetti: Missus est Gabriel8:3111Motetti con Sinfonie di due violini, libro terzo: Virgo prudentissima3:0012Ghirlanda sacra: O quam tu pulchra es3:2013Il sesto libro de Motetti: Domine, ne in furore3:2714Motetti con Sinfonie d'Istromenti: Vulnerasti cor meum4:1015Il secondo libro de Motetti: Heu mihi / Quid ploras4:1716Motetti con Sinfonie d'Istromenti: Transfige6:1117Il quarto libro de Motetti: Plorabo die ac nocte5:38Motetti a cinque voci (1614) / Works featured in "Fallen"
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:19:56
1Sancte Sebastiane2:502Ave regina caelorum3:203Judica me domine3:414O dulcis et o pia2:245O bone Jesu Christe2:346Anima mea liquefacta est3:067Iste cognovit iustitiam2:188Exaudi deus orationem meam3:439Deus misereatur nostri2:1410Quam pulcra est3:2611Innova domine signa3:5712Quo rubicunda rosa3:3213Quomodo dilexi legem tuam5:2814Versa est In luctum cithara mea3:5915Qui timetis domine3:0816Letaniae Beatae Mariae Virginis10:3017Veni sponsa Christi3:0418Salve regina vergin gloriosa2:1719Agnus Dei III, Missa L'homme armé sexti toni4:0520Vox in rama audita est3:0521Regnum mundi et omnem ornatum1:5222Ave Maria...virgo serena5:232022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:13:24
1Magnificat a 108:422Confitebor5:403Dixit Dominus9:244Beatus vir a tre7:445Dixit in ritornello5:476Laudate pueri a tre4:367Laudate Dominum2:298Confitebor a tre6:459Laetatus sum6:2710Laudate pueri IV toni7:0211Lauda Jerusalem8:48
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Alessandro Grandi head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 17 | 76.4th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 7 | 82.6th |
| Recording span (years) | -365 | 0.9th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alessandro_de_grandi.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d7006afd-125e-4c3e-b04b-548bd39adf25discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d7006afd-125e-4c3e-b04b-548bd39adf25core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q948575genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q948575seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Grandibiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Grandi
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Wikidata: Q948575 · MusicBrainz: d7006afd-125e-4c3e-b04b-548bd39adf25
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