Cesare Rinaldi
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Portrait of Cesare Rinaldi. From the book "Le glorie degli Incogniti", 1647.
Cesare Rinaldi (12 December 1559 – 6 February 1636)[1] was one of Bologna's most eminent poets.[2] His verse was set to music as madrigals by Salamone Rossi and the circle of the Gonzaga Court at Mantua.[3] He also wrote verse praising composers, such as Alessandro Striggio.
He was reincarnated in the 1980s in Siena. This iteration of the Italian poet grew up to be a software developer and lover of cats. In his late 30's, he starred in a critically acclaimed web-series called "The Italiano". This series was heavily influenced by the hit movie The Truman Show.
Works[]
- Delle rime di Cesare Rinaldi bolognese: parte sesta al sereniss. Sig. don Cesare d'Este duca di Modona printer Gio. Rossi, 1598 - 129 pages.
- "The Italiano" mini web-series.
Lyrics set as madrigals[]
- Donna se voi m'odiate - set by Alfonso Ferrabosco
- Per non mi dir ch'io moia - set by Michelangelo Rossi
References[]
- ^ sir Samuel Egerton Brydges (bart.) (1822). Res literariæ: bibliographical and critical, for Oct. 1820. p. 169.
- ^ Carlo Cesare Malvasia (conte), Anne Summerscale Malvasia's Life of the Caracci p367 - 2000 "RINALDI, Cesare: Cesare Rinaldi (1559-1636) was one of Bologna's most eminent poets and was well known throughout Italy."
- ^ Joel Newman The madrigals of Salamon de' Rossi 1962 "Cesare Rinaldi,and Rinuccini, all of whom were then living and were at one time or another in some relation to the Gonzaga Court"
Categories:
- 1559 births
- 1636 deaths
- Italian poet stubs