Paola Massarenghi
Paola Massarenghi (born August 5, 1565) was an Italian composer. Only one of her works survives, Quando spiega l'insegn'al sommo padre, a spiritual madrigal. It was printed in Arcangelo Gherardini's Primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci.
Paola Massarenghi
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- 1565 · Parma.
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages
- Italian
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Paola Massarenghi (born August 5, 1565) was an Italian composer. Only one of her works survives, Quando spiega l'insegn'al sommo padre, a spiritual madrigal. It was printed in Arcangelo Gherardini's Primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci.
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The publication, from Ferrara in 1585, is dedicated to Alfonso Fontanelli, and while other contributors are listed in the dedication, Massarenghi was left out. Massarenghi probably came from a wealthy family, since they were able to get Duke Ranuccio I Farnese to help get a musical education for Massarenghi's younger brother, Giovanni Battista Massarenghi, also a composer.
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- 1.Bridges, Fenlon
- 2.Fenlon
- 3.Bridges, in Norton/Grove
- 4.Bridges
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Thomas W. Bridges. Paola Massarenghi. Grove Music Online. L. Macy.
- en. Thomas W. Bridges. Paola Massarenghi. The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. Julie Anne Sadie et Rhian Samuel. W.W. Norton and Company. New York. 1995. 0-393-03487-9.
- Arcangelo Gherardini. Grove Music Online. L. Macy.
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