Tarquinio Merula (1594-1665)
Last updated: 09.10.23
Quoting briefly from notes in a Flanders Recorder Quartet programme, Tarquinio Merula was probably born in Cremona, Italy, the town which became the main stage for his musical career which he started there as a church organist. From 1621 he also served at the court of Sigsimund III of Poland. He also went to Bergamo but always returned to his native city. Merula was thought to the most sensitive counterpoint composer of his time. He developed the art of canzonas for four voices to new heights.
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Unknown | Oeuvres Pour Flute A Bec |    |
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Maurice Steger | Venezia 1625 | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)     |
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Vicki Boeckman | Baroque Trio Sonatas | |
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Vicki Boeckman | Vicki Boeckman: Early Italian Baroque | |
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Sabine Ambos | Barock - Live | |
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Francis Colpron | Sonates virtuoses du XVIIe siècle | |
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Francis Colpron | Star of the Magi | |
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Ganassi Consort | Per Flauto: Italian Music for Recorder in the 17th Century | |
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Natalie Michaud | Fiati Virtuosi | |
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Dan Laurin | Early Italian Chamber Music | |
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⇑Flanders Recorder Quartet | Banchetto Musicale | |
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Flanders Recorder Quartet | Early Italian Recorder Music | |
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Flanders Recorder Quartet | Early Italian Recorder Music/English Consort Music | |
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Flanders Recorder Quartet | The Nations | |
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Matthias Maute | Italian Recorder Sonatas | |
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Flautando Köln | La Spiritata | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Marion Verbruggen | The Golden Dream-17th Century Music from the Low Countries | |
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La Fontegara Amsterdam | 17th Century Italian Recorder Music | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Loeki Stardust Quartet Amsterdam | Capriccio di flauti | |
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Loeki Stardust Quartet Amsterdam | Virtuoso Recorder Music | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
| Recorder Sheet Music |
 2 Sonatas (D/BC) Score. 23 pages. This edition: OFB187. Publisher: Schott & Co. Ltd. (49011295) |
2 Canzonen (D/Cello/BC)
Score and Parts. Publisher: Moeck Verlag (MK02808) |
| 2 Sonatas (D/Piano)
Publisher: Schott & Co. Ltd. (OFB0187) |
| Due Canzoni (La Cattarina; La Treccha) (D/D/Cello/BC)
Arr./Editor: Nitz Publisher: Heinrichshoven's Verlag (N03809) |
| Two Sonatas (D/B/BC)
Score and Parts. Publisher: London Pro Musica (LPMCS20) |
| 14 Canzoni (D/A/T/B)
Score. Publisher: London Pro Musica (LPMVM16) |
| Canzonas IX-XII, (Libro Primo 1615) (D/A/T/B)
Score and Parts. Publisher: Dovehouse (IRCS010C) |
| Canzonas V-VIII (Libro Primo 1615) (D/A/T/B)
Score and Parts. ⇑Publisher: Dovehouse (IRCS010B) |
| Four Canzonas (1615) (D/A/T/B)
Score and Parts. Publisher: Dovehouse (IRCS010A) |
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T. Merula | Canzon "La Lusignuola" (5:42) | Bux Quartett |
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T. Merula | La Lusignuola (5:16) | Quartet New Generation |