Aurelio Bonelli (c.1569 – after 1620) was an Italian
composer, organist and painter. Born in Bologna,
practically nothing is known about him save that he was
student of the painter Agostino Carracci. After Adriano
Banchieri moved to Imola in 1601 Bonelli took his job
as organist at San Michele in Bosco.
Towards 1600 Bonelli is known to have been working as
organist in Milan. Also, in 1620 he was organist of San
Giovanni in Monte, Bologna. Bonelli published at least
one a volume of thr...(+)
Aurelio Bonelli (c.1569 – after 1620) was an Italian
composer, organist and painter. Born in Bologna,
practically nothing is known about him save that he was
student of the painter Agostino Carracci. After Adriano
Banchieri moved to Imola in 1601 Bonelli took his job
as organist at San Michele in Bosco.
Towards 1600 Bonelli is known to have been working as
organist in Milan. Also, in 1620 he was organist of San
Giovanni in Monte, Bologna. Bonelli published at least
one a volume of three-part Villanelle (Venice, 1596), a
book of masses and motets, and his Il Primo Libro de
Ricercari et canzoni a quattro voci con due toccate e
doi dialoghi a otto. The last was published in Venice
by Angelo Gardano in 1602; it is a collection of
ricercars, canzonas, toccatas and eight-part madrigals
(dialoghi).
The contents of Primo libro de ricercari et canzoni,
"mostly in four parts, belong to the ‘classical’
Venetian tradition of instrumental music; they are also
found, transcribed into German organ tablature and
decked out with organ-style embellishments and
diminutions, in a source in the Biblioteca Nazionale
Universitaria, Turin (VIII, Giordano, 8), which dates
from 1639–40." This puts the organ version after
Bonelli's death, and not necessarily by him, although
he was an organist.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurelio_Bonelli).
Although originally written for Double Choir (SATB
SATB), I created this arrangement of the Toccata á 8
'Athalanta' from Il primo libro de ricercari et canzoni
a quattro voci, con due toccate e doi dialoghi a otto
for for Winds (Flute, Oboe, English Horn & Bassoon) &
Strings (2 Violins, Viola & Cello).
PARTITION