Alessandro Lionardi
Alessandro Lionardi or Leonardi was an Italian poet from Padova, active in the mid-16th century.[1] He was a doctor of law, and author of an important treatise on poetry and rhetoric, the Dialogi (Italian: dialoghi, or "dialogues"). He is the author of the texts of Alfonso Ferrabosco's five-voice madrigals Vidi pianger madonna[2] and Come dal ciel seren rugiada sole.[3]
Alessandro Lionardi | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Venetian |
| Citizenship | Padovan |
| Period | mid-16th century |
| Notable works | Dialogi, Rime di M. Alessandro Lionardi |
Published works
The published works of Lionardi include:
- Rime di M. Alessandro Lionardi gentil'huomo padouano: la uita il fine, e'l di loda la sera. Venetia: Al segno del Griffio [J. Gryphius], 1547
- Il secondo libro de le rime di messer Alessandro Lionardi nobile padovano. In Vinegia: appresso Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari et fratelli, 1550
- Dialogi di Messer Alessandro Lionardi, della inventione poetica: et insieme di quanto alla istoria et all'arte oratoria s'appartiene, et del modo di finger la favola. Venetia: Plinio Pietrasanta, 1554
- Oratio latina eccellentis domini Alexandri Leonardi in laudem Pij Quarti Summi Pontificis (in Latin) and Oratione volgare dell'eccellente M. Alessandro Lionardi. Al beatiss. e santissimo N. Sig. Papa Pio Quarto. Dedicata all'illustriss. e reverendiss. sig. card. Borromeo (in Italian). Patavii [Padova]: ad instantiam Antonii Alciati, 1565
References
- Francesco Saverio Quadrio (1741) Della storia e della ragione d'ogni poesia: volumi quattro, Volume secondo. Milano: Francesco Agnelli, p. 238 (in Italian)
- "Vidi pianger madonna, Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (United Kingdom). Accessed February 2013.
- "Come dal ciel seren rugiada sole, Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (United Kingdom). Accessed February 2013.
External links
- Description and frontispiece of the Rime, 1547, Fondation Barbier-Mueller pour l'étude de la poésie italienne de la Renaissance (in French)
- Description and frontispiece of the Secondo libro delle rime, 1550, Fondation Barbier-Mueller pour l'étude de la poésie italienne de la Renaissance (in French)
- Description and frontispiece of the Dialogi, 1554, Fondation Barbier-Mueller pour l'étude de la poésie italienne de la Renaissance (in French)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.