Marco Cara
Marco Cara , also Marchetto Cara (* around 1465 in Verona , † around 1525 in Mantua ) was an Italian composer and lute virtuoso.
life and work
From 1495 to 1525 he was a lute virtuoso in the service of the Gonzaga family in Mantua , who promoted artists of all kinds in his time.
He created more than 100 homophonic , simple song sentences and was thus one of the main representatives of this type of sentence called Frottola . In addition, only a few works have survived, most of which were printed in Venice by Ottaviano Petrucci .
Cara probably died in 1525, as his widow remarried in 1526.
literature
- Cara, Marco (Marchetto) . In: Wolfgang Ruf , Annette van Dyck-Hemming (Ed.): Riemann Musiklexikon . 13th, newly revised and updated edition. tape 1 : A – Domh . Schott, Mainz 2012, ISBN 978-3-7957-0006-5 , p. 338 .
- Cara, Marco (Marchetto) . In: Wilibald Gurlitt (Ed.): Riemann Musiklexikon . 12th, completely revised edition. People part: A-K . Schott, Mainz 1959, p. 276 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Cara, Marco (Marchetto) . In: Carl Dahlhaus (Ed.): Riemann Musiklexikon . 12th, completely revised edition. Personal section: A – K , supplementary volume. Schott, Mainz 1972, p. 189 .
Web links
- Cesare Casellato: Cara, Marco in the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 19 (1976)
- Sheet music and audio files by Marco Cara in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cara, Marco |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cara, Marchetto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian composer and lute virtuoso |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1465 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Verona |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1525 |
| Place of death | Mantua |