Simone Balsamino (

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) was an Italian composer, poet and dramatist. He was the first to set texts from

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Aminta ''Aminta'' is a play written by Torquato Tasso in 1573, represented during a garden party at the court of Ferrara. Both the actors and the public were noble persons living at the Court, who could understand subtle allusions the poet made to tha ...

'' as ''Aminta musicale''. He is also credited with the invention of the bass

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Works, editions and recordings

* ''Perla'' a tragicomedia in music dedicated to the marchese De La Rovere. Venice 1596.Balsamino, Simone, ''Perla, tragicomedia in rima libera di Simone Balsamino, dedicata all'illustrissimo marchese De La Rovere con privilegio, in Venetia, appresso Niccolo Moretti 1596.'' * ''Le novellette a sei voci'' ed. Chegai, Andrea ''Le novelette a sei voci di Simone Balsamino. Prime musiche di „Aminta " di Torquato Tasso'', Firenze: Olschki 1993 (Historiae Musicae Cultores Biblioteca 69) * Balsamino &

Monteverdi Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considered ...

: Novellette e Madrigali - dir.

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, Vanitas Ensemble, and

Guido Morini Guido Morini (born in Milan in 1959) is an Italian pianist, organist, harpsichordist, musicologist and composer. In the ensemble Accordone he performs early baroque works with singer Marco Beasley. Beasley is also the librettist for his ''Una Odi ...

(Audio CD - 2002)

References

16th-century Italian composers Italian male composers {{Italy-composer-stub