Isabella Bendidio

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Isabella Bendidio (Marchesa Bentivoglio) (September 13, 1546 – after 1610) was a Ferrarese noblewoman who, along with her sister Lucrezia Bendidio, sang in the first incarnation of the concerto delle donne as part of the court's musica secreta. She married Cornelio Bentivoglio, a powerful nobleman and member of the Bentivoglio family, in 1573, at which point she may have stopped singing at court. She was the mother of Guido and Enzo Bentivoglio, who were the earliest patrons of Girolamo Frescobaldi. She was also the aunt of Anna Guarini, who later replaced her in the concerto delle donne.

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• Anthony Newcomb. "Lucrezia Bendidio", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed July 5, 2006), grovemusic.com (subscription access).

v • d • e Concerto delle donne
Singers in preliminary group	Lucrezia Bendidio; Isabella Bendidio; Leonora Sanvitale; Vittoria Bentivoglio; Giulio Cesare Brancaccio
Singers in concerto delle donne proper	Laura Peverara; Anna Guarini; Livia d'Arco; Tarquinia Molza; Giulio Cesare Brancaccio
Patrons	Alfonso II d'Este; Margherita Gonzaga d'Este
Composers and assisting musicians	Luzzasco Luzzaschi; Ippolito Fiorini; Giaches de Wert; Claudio Monteverdi;
Printer	Vittorio Baldini

Persondata
NAME	Isabella Bendidio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Marchesa Bentivoglio
SHORT DESCRIPTION	singer and noble in Renaissance court of Ferrara
DATE OF BIRTH	September 13, 1546
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ferrara, Italy
DATE OF DEATH	after 1610
PLACE OF DEATH	Ferrara