Lucrezia Bendidio

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Lucrezia Bendidio (Signora or Contessa Machiavella) (April 8, 1547–after 1584) was an Italian singer and noblewoman from Ferrara. She started as a lady-in-waiting for Leonora d'Este in 1561. Many poets wrote of her great skill as a singer, including Torquato Tasso and Giovanni Battista Pigna. She was in fact an early love of Tasso's in 1561, as well as of Cardinal Luigi d'Este and Pigna.^[1] Tasso's character "Licori" in his play Aminta was based on her.^[2] She was part of the famous Concerto delle donne during its early period. She was later married to Count Baldassare Macchiavelli of Ferrara. With her sister Isabella Bendidio she sang for private court evenings as part of the musica secreta of the court. Another sister, Taddea, married Giovanni Battista Guarini, and they had Anna Guarini, who was a singer in the concerto delle donne during the second period.^[3]

[edit] References

• Anthony Newcomb. "Lucrezia Bendidio", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed April 12, 2006), grovemusic.com (subscription access).
• Newcomb, Anthony. The Madrigal at Ferrara, 1579-1597. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. (1980)

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Newcomb, 1980 pg. 8
2. ^ Newcomb 1980, pg. 8
3. ^ Newcomb 1980, pg. 8

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	Lucrezia Bendidio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Signora Machiavella, Contessa Machiavella
SHORT DESCRIPTION	noblewoman and singer in Renaissance Ferrara
DATE OF BIRTH	April 8, 1547
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ferrara, Italy
DATE OF DEATH	after 1584
PLACE OF DEATH	Ferrara