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Basile Aka Kouame
Basile may refer to: People Surname * Adriana Basile (c. 1590–c. 1640), Italian composer * Alfio Basile (born 1943), Argentine football (soccer) coach and former player * Arturo Basile (1914–1968), Italian conductor * Emanuele Basile (died 1980), captain of Carabinieri murdered by Cosa Nostra * Ernesto Basile (1857–1932), Italian architect * Fabio Basile (born 1994), Italian judoka * Giambattista Basile (1566/1575–1632), Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector * Gianluca Basile (born 1975), Italian basketball player * Gloria Vitanza Basile (1922-2004), American novelist and songwriter * Pierre Basile (died 1199), French knight who shot King Richard I of England with a crossbow at the siege of Châlus-Charbrol * Rose Basile Green (1914-2003), American scholar, poet * Jonathan Basile, creator of The Library of Babel (website), The Library of Babel website Given name * Basile Bouchon (fl. 1725), Lyon textile worker * Basile M. Missir (1843-1929), Romanian politician P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriana Basile
Adriana Basile (c. 1580 – c. 1640) was an Italian composer and singer. Life She was born in Posillipo, and died in Rome. From 1610, she worked for the Gonzagas in Mantua. Members of her family also worked for the court, including her brothers, Giambattista Basile, a poet, Lelio Basile, a composer, and her sisters, Margherita and Vittoria, who were both singers. Her husband, Mutio Baroni, and her three children, her son Camillo, and two daughters, Leonora and Caterina were also at the court. Leonora and Caterina were both successful singers in their own right. Claudio Monteverdi declared that Basile was a more talented singer than Francesca Caccini, who was at that time at the Medici court. Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga awarded Basile a barony in the Monferrato, and she was also well regarded by Vincenzo's sons Francesco and Ferdinando. While still working for the Mantuan court, she travelled to Florence, Rome, Naples, and Modena. She performed in Alessandro Guarini's ''Licori, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |