About Tomaso Cimello
Lived 1510 – 1591 (aged 80–81). Tomaso Cimello was a poet, composer, musicologist, music teacher and writer.
Giovanni Tommaso Cimello (c. 1510 in Monte San Giovanni Campano – c. 1591 in Monte San Giovanni Campano) was a poet, musician, composer, and musical theorist employed by the Colonna family and active at the Aragonese Corts in Naples.
Works Canzoni Villanesche al Modo Napolitano a 3 voci, a 1545 collection of villanelle, one of the earliest following that by Nola (1541), and preceding those by Willaert (1545), and Donati (1550) 1st Book of Madrigals for 4 voices, a 1548 work dedicated to Fabrizio Colonna
Selected recordings Villanelle on Napolitane. Tesori di Napoli Vol.7 Ensemble Micrologus, Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini. Opus111 Madrigal "fuggi'l sereno" on In morte de Madonna Laura. Huelgas Ensemble, dir. Paul Van Nevel.
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Who was Tomaso Cimello?
composer and poet
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Tomaso Cimello was born in 1510 in Monte San Giovanni Campano.
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Tomaso Cimello died in 1591 in Monte San Giovanni Campano.
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Tomaso Cimello was a poet, composer, musicologist, music teacher and writer.
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