Claudio Monteverdi: His life and contributions. Claudio Zuan (Giovanni) Antonio Monteverdi was born in Cremona in 1567. He was baptized on May 15 of the same year. He was born to Baldassare Monteverdi, who was a barber-surgeon, and Maddalena Zignani, a goldsmith's daughter . After a Milanese decree stating that surgery could not be practiced by individuals that have not been tested by a council, Baldassare became a founding member and president of an association of surgeons that …showed first 75 words of 1521 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1521 total…wrote everything from motets to operas, but was very well known for his madrigals. Endnotes: Leopold, Silke, Monteverdi: Music in Transition, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991), 1. Fabbri, Paolo, Monteverdi, (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994), 6. Ibid. Ibid. Paolo, Fabbri, Monteverdi, (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994), 7. Ibid. Leopold, Silke, Monteverdi: Music in Transition, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991), 3. Ibid, 4. Ibid. Ibid, 5. Ibid, 6. Ibid, 8. Ibid, 9. Ibid, 7. Ibid, 9. Ibid. Ibid, 10. Ibid, 12-13. Ibid, 15. Ibid, 16. Ibid, 17. Ibid, 19. Ibid, 19-21. Ibid, 21-22, 26. Ibid, 30. Ibid, 31. Ibid.