Filippo Bonaffino ( fl. 1623) was an Italian composer.

Life and career

Filippo Bonaffino is thought to have been born in

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. In 1623, he published a book of 18 Madrigali concertati for two to four voices with continuo, titled ''Madrigali concertati a due, tre e quattro Voci per cantar, e sonar nel Clauecimbalo, Chitarrone, ò altro simile Instrumento''. The collection includes a setting of ''Ancidetemi pur'', made popular by

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in the 16th century, and also two solo songs for bass and continuo dedicated to "Signor Gio nni Watchin (John Watkin), English gentleman." The other songs include settings of text by

Luigi Groto Luigi Groto, also called Cieco d'Adria or Cieco D'Hadria (the blind man of Adria) (7 September 1541, Adria – 13 December 1585, Venezia), was a blind Italian poet, lutenist, playwright and actor. Groto was born in Veneto and lost his sight eig ...

Angelo Grillo Dom Angelo Grillo O.S.B. (1557–1629) was an Italian early baroque poet belonging to the noble Genoese family of the Spinola. He wrote mostly religious verse under his own name, but as Livio Celiano, his pseudonym, he wrote amorous madrigal text ...

Maurizio Moro Maurizio Moro (15??—16??) was an Italian poet of the 16th century, best known for his madrigal (music), madrigals. Life Very little is known about his early life. Probably born in Ferrara, he became presbyter (''"canonico"'') at the Congregazio ...

Giambattista Marino Giovanni Battista was a common Italian given name (see Battista for those with the surname) in the 16th-18th centuries. It refers to "John the Baptist" in English, the French equivalent is "Jean-Baptiste". Common nicknames include Giambattista, Gia ...

and

Ottavio Rinuccini Ottavio Rinuccini (20 January 1562 – 28 March 1621) was an Italian poet, courtier, and opera librettist at the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. In collaborating with Jacopo Peri to produce the first opera, ''Dafne'', in ...

. Bonaffino died in Messina.

References

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