Andrea Barbazza (1581/2 – 7 August 1656) was an Italian

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poet and

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Biography

He was born of a noble family in Bologna between 1581 and 1582. Between 1611 and 1613, Barbazza was first ‘maestro di camera’ and after ‘primo cameriere’ of cardinal Ferdinando Gonzaga. After a long stay in Rome (1624-1632), he settled permanently in his native Bologna, where he occupied important legal and administrative offices. He was an expert on the

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and on questions of honour. On 26 April 1614 he married Countess Bianca Bentivoglio, granddaughter of

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, by whom he had a son, Ferdinando. In 1648, after the death of his first wife, he married Countess Silvia Boccaferri, by whom he had two sons, Filippo and Bartolomeo. Barbazza was a member of the

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of Bologna, the Accademia degli Incogniti of Venice and the

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of Rome. He was decorated with the Order of Saint Michael by

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in 1612.

Works

Barbazza was a friend and correspondent of

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, Angelico Aprosio,

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, Giambattista Basile and Giambattista Marino. Marino stayed often with him during his stays in Bologna. Barbazza defended the poetry of Marino against the attacks of Tommaso Stigliani in his ''Strigliate'' (Scoldings), published in 1629 with the jocular pseudonym of ''Robusto Pogomega''. He wrote also the

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dramas ''L'Amorosa Costanza'' and ''L'Armidoro'' (1646), and a number of lyrics published in contemporary anthologies.

List of works

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Notes

Bibliography

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External links

* «Andrea Barbazza Bolognese». In : ''Le glorie de gli Incogniti: o vero, Gli huomini illustri dell'Accademia de' signori Incogniti di Venetia'', In Venetia : appresso Francesco Valuasense stampator dell'Accademia, 1647, pp. 22–25
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. * «Andrea Barbazza». In : ''Memorie imprese, e ritratti de' signori Accademici Gelati di Bologna'', In Bologna : per li Manolessi, 1672, pp. 16–19
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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Barbazza, Andrea 1580s births 1656 deaths People from Bologna Italian poets Italian literary critics Marinism Baroque writers Italian Baroque people