Ascanio Mayone
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Ascanio Mayone was an Neapolitan
composer and harpist. He trained as a pupil of Giovanni de Macque
in Naples
, and worked at Santissima Annunziata
there as organist from 1593 and maestro di cappella from 1621; he was also organist at the royal chapel from 1602. He published madrigal
s, but his main work is his two volumes of keyboard music, Capricci per sonar (1603, 1609). These contain canzonas, toccatas, variations, and arrangements of vocal pieces, many of which are distinctively Baroque
rather than sixteenth century in style.
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
composer and harpist. He trained as a pupil of Giovanni de Macque
Giovanni de Macque
Giovanni de Macque was a Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque, who spent almost his entire life in Italy...
in Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
, and worked at Santissima Annunziata
Santissima Annunziata
The Basilica of the Santissima Annunziata Maggiore is a church in Naples in southern Italy.The Annunziatas origins goes back to 1320 and has always been, in one form or another, an orphanage. Remade a first time in the early 16th century, by the mid 17th century, it was a full-fledged home, church,...
there as organist from 1593 and maestro di cappella from 1621; he was also organist at the royal chapel from 1602. He published madrigal
Madrigal (music)
A madrigal is a secular vocal music composition, usually a partsong, of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras. Traditionally, polyphonic madrigals are unaccompanied; the number of voices varies from two to eight, and most frequently from three to six....
s, but his main work is his two volumes of keyboard music, Capricci per sonar (1603, 1609). These contain canzonas, toccatas, variations, and arrangements of vocal pieces, many of which are distinctively Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
rather than sixteenth century in style.
Works
- Il Primo libro di diversi capricci per sonare, Naples, 1603 (modern edition by Christopher Stembridge, Padua, 1981)
- Il primo libro di madrigali, 5 vv, Naples, 1604 (facs. partly damaged)
- Primo libro di ricercari a 3, Naples, 1606, (modern ed. F. Sumner: Italian instrumental music of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries ; vol. 18, Garland Publishing, New York,1995)
- Secondo libro di diversi capricci per sonare, Naples, 1609 (modern edition by Christopher Stembridge, Padua, 1984)
- 2 madrigals in Teatro de madrigali a cinque voci. De diversi eccellentiss. musici napoletani…, Napoli 1609 (facs. partly damaged)
- Messe e vespri, 8vv
- Laetatus sum, 9vv
- Magnificat, 8vv