A skilled violinist, composer and musician of the Mantuan court, Salamone Rossi is known for many great accomplishments.
He was musical innovator, one of the first composers to write in trio sonata form. He was skilled writer of secular Italian madrigrals, with eight published collections printed in his lifetime. In an era rife with antisemitic policies and practices, he published the first book of sacred Hebrew motets in the Renaissance style.
Diapente presents a snapshot of his music, and the music of his contemparies at the Mantuan court such as Claudio Monteverdi and Giovanni Gastoldi. The beautiful, passionate love poems of the Italian Renaissance & the ancient sacred poetry of the Psalms sung in one night, under one roof.
Listen to the story of Rossi's life and accomplishments, hear the Songs of Salamone.