Background
Bizzarini, Marco was born on February 24, 1966 in Brescia, Italy. Son of Giorgio Bizzarini and Anna Tomasoni.
(Regarded by his contemporaries as the leading madrigal co...)
Regarded by his contemporaries as the leading madrigal composer of his time, Luca Marenzio was an important figure in sixteenth-century Italian music, and also highly esteemed in England, Flanders and Poland. This English translation of Marco Bizzarini's study of the life and work of Marenzio provides valuable insights into the composer's influence and place in history, and features an extensive, up-to-date bibliography and the first published list of archival sourcescontaining references to Marenzio. Women play a decisive role as dedicatees of Marenzio's madrigals and in influencing the way in which they were performed. Bizzarini examines in detail the influence of both female and male patrons and performers on Marenzio's music and career, including his connections with the confraternity of SS Trinita and other institutions. Dedications were also a political tool, as the book reveals. Many of Marenzio's dedications were made at the request of his employer Cardinal d'Este who wanted to please his French allies. Bizzarini examines these extra-musical dimensions to Marenzio's work and discusses the composer's new musical directions under the more austere administration of Pope Clement VIII.
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Bizzarini, Marco was born on February 24, 1966 in Brescia, Italy. Son of Giorgio Bizzarini and Anna Tomasoni.
Degree in musicology, University Pavia, 1991. Diploma in piano, Conservatory Marenzio, Brescia, 1992.
Teacher music history Conservatory Foggia, Italy, 1999, Conservatory Latina, Italy, 2000-2001. Music critic Giornale di Brescia, since 2001. Consultant Fondazione Civilta Bresciana, since 1986, Centro A. Benedetti Michelangeli, Breszia, since 1999.
Director Festival Luca Marenzio, Brescia, since 1994.
(Regarded by his contemporaries as the leading madrigal co...)
Member American Musicol.