Tarquinia Molza

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Tarquinia Molza

Tarquinia Molza (born November 1, 1542 in Modena ; † August 18, 1617 there ) was an Italian musician and poet.

Life

She was the eldest child of Camillo Molza and his wife Isabella Colomba; the writer Francesco Maria Molza was her grandfather (?) on her father's side. From a very early age, Molza and her brothers were taught by tutors in Greek, Hebrew and Latin, among other things.

As a teenager she made her debut with her own poems, for which she was highly praised by the writers Giovanni Battista Guarini and Torquato Tasso . The composers Pietro Vinci (1571), Giovan Leonardo Primavera (1573) and Luzzasco Luzzaschi (from 1571 to the end of the 1570s) set their poems to music.

In 1560 she married Paolo Porrino. The marriage remained childless. After her husband died in 1579, she was hired as the lady-in-waiting of Duchess Margherita Gonzaga d'Este in Ferrara in 1583 due to her singing achievements . Her husband, Duke Alfonso II d'Este of Ferrara, ran the famous Concerto delle donne ensemble , in which Tarquinia Molza was a musician from 1583 to 1589. As such, in addition to a free apartment at court, she received remuneration that was more than double what the court organist and director of instrumental music Luzzasco Luzzaschi earned. What type was her artistic contribution to the Concerto delle donne - in addition to their song played Molza gamba , lute and viola bastarda - is unknown. However, it can be assumed that she took turns singing and playing instruments with the three women involved in the concerto.

After a liaison with the composer Giaches de Wert became known, Molza was relieved of all her duties in 1589 and dismissed from the court. She returned to Modena and devoted herself to her artistic studies until the end of her life. Tarquinia Molza died ten weeks before her 75th birthday, on August 18, 1617.

Honor and praise

On December 11, 1600, the Roman Senate granted her honorary citizenship .

Johann Frauenlob wrote about " Tarquinia Molzia " in his work The Praise Society of Learned Women , published fifteen years after Molza's death in 1631 :

"A woman in Italia / is highly learned in Philosophia / excellently well-read in the histories and ancient Greek poets / well-trained in the musica / and excellent in the art of speaking / so / that she was in her time (as the learned man / Franciscus Patricius writes) almost considered a miracle in Italy. "

This refers to the 1577 manuscript of four dialogues L'amorosa filosofia by Francesco Patrizi da Cherso , in which the "divina signora Tarquinia Molza Porrina" appears and her singing, in which she accompanied herself with the viola bastarda, is described.

Works

Translations

Poems

  • Poems, set to music by Pietro Vinci: First book of 5 (1571)
  • Poems set to music by GL Primavera: Fourth book of 5 (1573)
  • Poems set to music by Luzzasco Luzzaschi: First book à 5 (1571) ff.

literature

  • Paola di Pietro: La biblioteca di una letterata modenese del Cinquecento, Tarquinia Molza. In: Atti e Memorie della Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Antiche Provincie Modenesi. 10th series, 8, 1973, ISSN  0418-7296 , pp. 55-64.
  • Jane Stevenson: Women latin poets. Language, gender, and authority, from antiquity to the eighteenth century. Oxford University Press, Oxford et al. 2005, ISBN 0-19-818502-2 , pp. 288-291.
  • Karin Pendle: Ferrara's Concerto delle Donne. In: Karin Pendle (ed.): Women & Music, a History. Indiana University Press, Bloomington & Indianapolis 2001, ISBN 0-253-21422-X , pp. 80-83.
  • Anthony Newcomb: The Madrigal at Ferrara 1579–1597 , Volume I: Text. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey 1980, ISBN 0-691-09125-0 .
  • Johann Frauenlob (pseudonym): The praiseworthy society of learned women / that is: Kurtze / historical description / of the most prominent learned / understanding and art-experienced women / who have lived in the world until this time. Apart from different credible historicis, as well as own experience / brought together . o. O., 1631, p. 30 ( digitized in: austrian literature online - alo ). Reprint and commentary in: Elisabeth Gössmann (Ed.): Eva - Gottes Meisterwerk (= archive for women's research in the history of philosophy and theology . 2). iudicium, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-89129-002-0 .
  • Joanne Marie Riley: The influence of women on secular vocal music in sixteenth century Italy. The life and career of Tarquinia Molza (1542-1617) . Wesleyan University, 1980 (MA thesis).

Web links

Remarks

  1. ^ Newcomb p. 187: Uncle; also in Anthony Newcomb:  Molza, Tarquinia. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
  2. ^ Newcomb p. 187.
  3. ^ Newcomb p. 187 and Anthony Newcomb:  Molza, Tarquinia. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
  4. ^ Karin Pendle (ed.): Women & Music, a History. 2001, pp. 80 and 82.
  5. ^ Newcomb p. 187 and Laurie Stras southampton.ac.uk
  6. ↑ Newcomb sees her as a director and advisor to the ensemble rather than a performing musician, see Anthony Newcomb:  Molza, Tarquinia. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
  7. ^ Iain Fenlon: Music and Patronage in Sixteenth-Century Mantua. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1980, p. 136 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  8. ↑ Adolf Wolff: The Italiänische National-Literatur in their historical development from the 13th to the 19th century , Berlin 1860, p. 362 ( digitized in the Google book search); Girolamo Tiraboschi : Storia della litteratura italiana , tomo VII, Modena 1792, p. 1190 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  9. ^ Johann Frauenlob (pseudonym): Praise be for the society of learned women . o. O., 1631, p. 30 ( digitized in: austrian literature online - alo ).
  10. ^ Francesco Patrizi: L'amorosa filosofia. Le Monnier, Florence 1963, pp. 3-145 ( bivio.filosofia.sns.it ).
  11. ↑ For more information on Molza's poems, see the composer names in: Répertoire International des Sources Musicales , prints.
personal data
SURNAME Molza, Tarquinia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian musician and poet
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1542
PLACE OF BIRTH Modena
DATE OF DEATH August 18, 1617
Place of death Modena