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Alessandro Piccinini
Person · male · Papal States · Bologna · born 1566 · died 1638 · recording since 1998
Italian lutenist and composer
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Also known as Alessandro Piccinnini · アレッサンドロ・ピッチニーニ
Timeline
6 events▣ Album 3◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1560s
1630s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Chiaccona
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography188 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1255900092
Biography
Alessandro Piccinini (1566 – 1638) was an Italian lutenist and composer.
Piccinini was born in Bologna 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). He held appointments at the Este court in Ferrara (from 1582 to 1597) and with Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini, papal legate at Bologna and Ferrara. Piccinini died around 1638, probably in Bologna.
He is 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. The 1623 collection is of particular importance because of Piccinini's lengthy preface, which includes a detailed manual on performance, as well as claims to have invented the archlute (Piccinini also made important modifications to the chitarrone). Piccinini concentrated on toccatas, courantes and galliards, as well as different kinds of variations. No other works by Piccinini are known; his music for La selva sin amor, the first opera performed in Spain, composed by his brother Filippo Piccinini is lost.
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 | 12 | 64.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -360 | 1th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (3 release groups · 3 studio albums)
Albums · 3
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:12:10
1Toccata XXIII2:562Corrente X2:023Chiaccona Cappona alla vera Spagnola6:524Toccata III cromatica3:535Gagliarda III1:126Corrente IX0:587Corrente X1:198Battaglia7:539Passacaglia7:0110Toccata VI3:0011Partite varate sopra »L’Alemana«5:1312Corrente sopra »L’Alemana«1:3413Canzone seconda3:1314Canzona terza1:5515Toccata XIII2:5416Romanesca con partite variate7:3517Chiaccona Mariona alla vera Spagnola4:4418Sarabanda alla Francese1:4019Toccata II2:3920Chiaccona in partite variate3:372012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 59:44
1Toccata VIII1:482Gagliarda IV per Ballare2:103Corrente II1:304Toccata Cromatica XII4:315Toccata IV2:166Aria di Saravanda in varie partite4:217Toccata XXIV1:418Passacaglia5:579Corrente X2:0210Toccata III3:4111Ricercare Musicale Primo4:5612Toccata VII3:3913Gagliarda I1:2714Corrente IX1:2315Toccata VI2:4916Gagliarda III1:1717Corrente VIII1:2518Saravanda alla Francese2:1919Ricercar Primo2:2820Toccata VIII (libro primo)2:0321Chiaccona Mariona alla vera Spagnola6:01A. Piccinini - Intavolatura di liuto et di Chitarrone
2023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:03:54
1Toccata No. 13:112Chiaccona cappona alla vera spagnola4:163Toccata No. 162:554Toccata No. 232:555Bergamasco5:176Partite variate sopra la folia aria romanesca2:537Chiaccona in partite variate1:478Une jeune llette1:059Partite variate sopra quest' Aria francese detta l'Alemana5:4510Corrente No. 6 sopra l'Alemana2:2111Toccata No. 3 cromatica5:5412Passacagli5:0813Toccata prima5:0714Toccata cromatica No. 123:4915Toccata No. 24:2216Aria di saravanda in varie partite3:1617Aria prima affettuosa3:53
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Alessandro Piccinini head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 12 | 64.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -360 | 1th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Awards & honours
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