Giovanni Domenico da Nola

Giovanni Domenico da Nola , actually Giovanni Domenico Del Giovane (* between 1510 and 1520 in Nola , † May 1592 in Naples ) was an Italian composer and poet of the Renaissance .

life and work

Nola was a founding member of the Accademia dei Sereni from 1546–47 and known with the lutenist Luigi Dentice and Giovanni Battista d'Azzia , marchese di Laterza , a sponsor of Orlando di Lasso . From February 1563 until his death he worked as Maestro di cappella at the SS Annunziata in Naples. In this capacity, he also taught singing to the girls of the Annunziata orphanage and the deacons of the seminary.

Nola's first publication, three-part “Canzoni villanesche” in 2 volumes, appeared in 1541. They attracted the attention of contemporaries such as Orlando di Lasso, Hubert Waelrant , Adrian Willaert , Baldassare Donato , Perissone Cambio and Antonio Scandello , and were partly arranged in four parts by them. A first, four-part madrigal book from 1545 comprises 29 compositions, 22 of which are based on texts by Petrarch . A second, five-part madrigal book was published in 1564, two more are considered lost. An (undated) collection of poems by Giovanni Domenico da Nola has been published by Benacci.

literature

Giancarlo Brioschi: Del Giovane, Giovanni Domenico. In: Massimiliano Pavan (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 36: DeFornari – Della Fonte. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1988.
The New Grove, 2nd Edition (Contributed by Donna G. Cardamone)

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SURNAME	Giovanni Domenico da Nola
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Nolla, Giovanni Domenico there; Nola, Giovanni Domenico del Giovane da; Del Giovane, Giovanni Domenico (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian composer and poet
DATE OF BIRTH	between 1510 and 1520
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nola (Campania)
DATE OF DEATH	May 1592
Place of death	Naples