- Leonora Sanvitale
Leonora Sanvitale (Contessa di Scandiano) (c. 1558 – 1582) was a noblewoman and singer at the
Este court atFerrara , and along with her stepmotherBarbara Sanseverino , was among the most "brilliant" noblewomen at the court. She joined the court in 1576 when she marriedGiulio Tiene , Count ofScandiano . Before this she had been at the court inParma . Previously she had attracted the attention of bothTorquato Tasso and the Duke of Rome in 1573. She was a member of the first incarnation of the "concerto delle donne " and sang in the court's "musica secreta ".References
*Newcomb, Anthony. "The Madrigal at Ferrara, 1579-1597". Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. (1980)
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