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Marenzio

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Marenzio
Luca . 1553--99, Italian composer of madrigals


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In Italy Dowland was so enchanted by the madrigals of Luca Marenzio that he imported their melodiousness and poetics into his own most valuable compositions--his songs with lute accompaniment.
The music of Luca Marenzio was a delightful discovery, and the sequence of songs and an instrumental piece by William Byrd confirmed the greatness and the versatility of this composer.
The set contains six intermedii each depicting a different mythological scene; most of the texts are by Rinuccini, who a decade later would provide the librettos for the earliest operas and for Monteverdi's second stage work, the now-lost Arianna, while the composers involved include Cavalieri, Caccini, Peri and Marenzio.
 
 
 
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