Ottaviano Petrucci
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Life
Born: 18 June 1466, Fossombrone
Died: 7 May 1539, Venice
Biography: Ottaviano Petrucci was an Italian printer and compiler of music. His Harmonice Musices Odhecaton, a collection of chansons printed in 1501, was the first book of polyphony, and one of the first music publications using movable type. Petrucci's later work was extraordinary for the complexity of his white mensural notation and the smallness of his font. He also published numerous works by the most highly regarded composers of the Renaissance, including Josquin des Prez and Antoine Brumel.
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Publications compiled and printed
- 1501 Harmonice Musices Odhecaton
- 1502 Motetti A
- 1503 Motetti de passione de cruce (Motetti B )
- 1504 Motetti C
- 1504-1508 Frottoli (nine volumes)
- 1506 Lamentationum (two volumes)
- 1508 Motetti a cinque
- 1509-1511 Tenori e contrabassi intabulati col sopran in canto figurato (two volumes)
- 1514-1519 Motetti de la corona (four volumes)
- 1515 Five masses