Tomaso Cimello
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Giovanni Tommaso Cimello (Monte San Giovanni Campano
c.1510 - Monte San Giovanni Campano
c.1591) was a poet, musician, composer and musical theorist employed by the powerful Colonna family
, and active at the Aragonese court in Naples.
Monte San Giovanni Campano
Monte San Giovanni Campano is a comune of c. 12,800 inhabitants in the province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located about 90 km southeast of Rome and about 14 km east of Frosinone....
c.1510 - Monte San Giovanni Campano
Monte San Giovanni Campano
Monte San Giovanni Campano is a comune of c. 12,800 inhabitants in the province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located about 90 km southeast of Rome and about 14 km east of Frosinone....
c.1591) was a poet, musician, composer and musical theorist employed by the powerful Colonna family
Colonna family
The Colonna family is an Italian noble family; it was powerful in medieval and Renaissance Rome, supplying one Pope and many other Church and political leaders...
, and active at the Aragonese court in Naples.
Works
- Canzoni Villanesche al Modo Napolitano a 3 voci 1545 - this was one of the earliest collections of villanelleVillanelleA villanelle is a poetic form that entered English-language poetry in the 19th century from the imitation of French models. The word derives from the Italian villanella from Latin villanus . A villanelle has only two rhyme sounds...
, following that by NolaGiovanni Domenico da NolaGiovanni Domenico da Nola was an Italian composer and poet of the Renaissance.He was born in the town of Nola, Italy. He was a founding member of the Accademia dei Sereni in 1546-47, where he knew Luigi Dentice and Marchese della Terza, who was a patron of Orlando di Lasso...
(1541), and preceding those by Willaert (1545), and Donati (1550) - 1st Book of Madrigals for 4 voices 1548. The book was dedicated to Fabrizio ColonnaFabrizio ColonnaFabrizio Colonna was an Italian condottiero, a member of the powerful Colonna family. He was the son of Edoardo Colonna and Filippa Conti....
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Selected recordings
- Villanelle on Napolitane. Tesori di Napoli Vol.7 Ensemble MicrologusEnsemble MicrologusEnsemble Micrologus is an Italian group that performs vocal and instrumental medieval music, including both religious and secular pieces from the 12th to the 16th century in their repertoire....
, Cappella della Pietà de' TurchiniCappella della Pietà de' TurchiniThe Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini is an early music ensemble based in Naples and dedicated to the recovery of Neapolitan musical heritage, primarily from the baroque era....
. Opus111 - Madrigal "fuggi'l sereno" on In morte de Madonna Laura. Huelgas EnsembleHuelgas EnsembleThe Huelgas Ensemble is a Belgian early music group formed by the Flemish conductor Paul Van Nevel in 1971. The group's performance and extensive discography focuses on renaissance polyphony...
, dir. Paul Van NevelPaul Van NevelPaul Van Nevel is a Belgian conductor, musicologist and art historian. In 1971 he founded the Huelgas Ensemble, a choir dedicated to polyphony from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Van Nevel is known for hunting out little known polyphonic medieval works to perform.He grew up in a musical...
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