Life
Very little is known about his early life. Probably born in Ferrara, he became presbyter ("canonico") at the Congregazione di S Giorgio d'Alga in Venice, and author of sacred poems as well as secular texts for librettos. One of his madrigals, Sí ch'io vorrei morire, was set to music by Claudio Monteverdi in his Fourth Book of Madrigals. Filippo Bonaffino also set some of his work to music in book of madrigals.
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Notes
- ↑ ed. Rinaldi, Ferrara, 1804; volume II, pag. 80
- ↑ "Fu anch'egli uomo d'erudizione e buon poeta italiano vissuto oltre la metà del sec. XVI. Si hanno alcune delle sue opere stampate nelle raccolte di quel tempo, e nelle rime scelte de' poeti ferraresi."
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