Bellerofonte Castaldi
Bellerofonte Castaldi (1580 – 27 September 1649) was an Italian composer, poet and lutenist. Castaldi was born in Collegara, near Modena. He wrote male parts in his songs for tenors, as he was opposed to the practice of castrati or male falsettists singing male parts in cantatas.
Bellerofonte Castaldi
Unknown (from Castaldi's book "Capricci a due stromenti") · IMSLP Document 22509 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Bellerofonte Castaldi was born in 1580. · Modena.
- Died
- Bellerofonte Castaldi died on 27 September 1649. · Modena.
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- composer · poet · lutenist
- Movements
- Baroque music
- Languages
- Italian
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Bellerofonte Castaldi (1580 – 27 September 1649) was an Italian composer, poet and lutenist. Castaldi was born in Collegara, near Modena. He wrote male parts in his songs for tenors, as he was opposed to the practice of castrati or male falsettists singing male parts in cantatas.
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1649
Bellerofonte Castaldi died at Modena.
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In the preface to his collection, Primo mazzetto he writes that it is "laughable that a man with the voice of a woman should set about proposing to his mistress". He died in Modena in 1649.
• Primo mazzetto di fiori musicalmente colti dal giardino bellerofonteo - monodies, duets, and trios, with basso continuo (Venice, 1623). Editions • Capricci a 2 stromenti cioè tiorba e tiorbino e per sonar solo varie sorti di balli e fantasticarie (1622). Edited by David Dolata, as Capricci (1622), 2 vols. Recent Research in the Music of the Baroque Era 142 & 143. Part 1: Duos for Theorbo and Tiorbino; Sonatas for Theorbo. Part 2: Dances and Other Works for Theorbo; Songs with Tablature Accompaniment. Middleton, Wisc.: A-R Editions, 2006. (vol. 1), (vol. 2) Recordings • Battaglia d'amore. Castaldi's settings of his own poetry. CD. Gian Paolo Fagotto (tenor). David Dolata, lute. Victor Coelho, lute. Neil Cockburn, harpsichord. Il-Furioso. Toccata Classics
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- Visual and poetic allegory in Bellerofonte Castaldi's extraordinary Capricci a due stromenti, Early Music, 2005
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