- Filippo de Lurano
Filippo de Lurano (also Luprano, or Lorano) (c. 1475 – sometime after 1520) was an Italian composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the most prolific composers of
frottola afterMarchetto Cara andBartolomeo Tromboncino .Biography
Of his early life, almost nothing is known. Probably he was born in
Cremona , and he appears in the records ofCividale del Friuli 's Cathedral, nearUdine , as a cleric. de Lurano spent time inRome in the first decade of the 16th century, but the exact years are not known; he wrote music for a wedding of the niece ofPope Julius II in 1508. From 1512 to 1515 he was employed as "maestro de cappella" of Cividale Cathedral, and shortly afterwards moved toAquileia , where he may have died.Works
Most of his music is in the light secular form of the frottola, an ancestor of the madrigal. 35 of his frottole survive, along with two
motet s and a lauda. Stylistically they are typical of the time:homophonic texture predominates, with brief imitative passages at phrase beginnings; the melodies are memorable and easily singable. One of his frottola was evidently the favorite song ofCesare Borgia , the son ofPope Alexander VI , according to a manuscript source of the time.References and further reading
*William F. Prizer, "Filippo de Lurano," in "The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians", ed. Stanley Sadie. 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1980. ISBN 1-56159-174-2
*Gustave Reese , "Music in the Renaissance". New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1954. ISBN 0-393-09530-4
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