- Ercole Bottrigari
Ercole Bottrigari (1531–1612) was an Italian scholar, mathematician, poet, music theorist, architect, and composer. The illegitimate son of
Giovanni Battista Bottrigari , he was legitimized in 1538 and raised in his household inBologna . He distinguished himself by reciting poetry at a court function and was rewarded with the orders of Knight of the Holy See and Lateran in 1542. [Fenlon]Bottrigari published books of madrigals, including "Il primo libro di madrigali a quattro voci" (Venice, 1558) and "Libro terzo de madrigali a cinque voci" (Venice, 1583). In 1546 with the help of his father Bottrigari established a small private press, but very few works from it survive. In 1551 he married Lucrezia Usberti (d 1591). In 1576 he fled to
Ferrara , where he got to knowTorquato Tasso , and where he wrote his treatise "Il Desiderio, overo de' concerti di varii strumenti musicali". In 1586 he moved back to Bologne, where he was in touch with intellectuals such asGioseffo Zarlino andAnnibale Melone . His first musical treatise was "Il Patricio" (1593), and dealt with classical subjects, and was written in the form of a dialogue. "Mascara, overo della fabbrica de' teatri" (1598), never published, is an important work for modern scholars, describing theatrical structures and practice. [Fenlon]References
*Iain Fenlon. "Ercole Bottrigari", "Grove Music Online", ed. L. Macy (accessed
May 20 2006 ), [http://www.grovemusic.com/ grovemusic.com] (subscription access).Notes
Persondata
NAME= Bottrigari, Ercole
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Hercole Bottrigari, Cavalier Ercole Bottrigari
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Italian Renaissance man
DATE OF BIRTH= 1531
PLACE OF BIRTH= Bologna
DATE OF DEATH= 1612
PLACE OF DEATH= Bologna (?)
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