Antonio Cornazzano

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Antonio Cornazzano (c. 1430 AD in Piacenza – 1484 in Ferrara) was an Italian poet, writer, biographer, and dancing master.

[edit] Antonio Cornazzano

In the city of Piacenza, when the years of medieval culture still ruled most of Europe, Antonio Cornazzano was born in the year 1429. Because little is known of this man, scholars know only the highlights of his life. Cornazzano studied at the university of Siena, then in the next few years, he managed to visit the cities of Rome and Venice. He then found his way to Milan in 1455, where he served Duke Francesco Sforza, from whom he departed after the occurrence of the duke's death in 1466. He then returned to Venice, to spend time in the company of a printer.

[edit] Cornazzano's Poetic Life

There is a manuscript in the university of Modena, Italy written in 15th or 16th century script. It cotains four poetic Italian works by Corazzano in treza rima- a form of stanza that requires a set of three lines that rhyme. Treza rima was first used by Italian Dante Alighieri. Of the four works, three were published, along with a number of his poems in the same style. The title of Opera nova were given to these selections. Of Cornazzano's four works mentioned above, one, the first of the series,De mulieribus admirandis, was never published. It, in fact, has grown in obscurity over the many years since its creation until it has nearly been wiped from historys rich pages. It has even received little, if any attention from the scholarly men of Italy.

[edit] Cornazzano's Life Of Dancing

Cornazzano's dancing master was Dominico da Piacenza, who was perhaps better known as Dminico da Ferrara. Cornazzano was a fellow student with Guĝlielmo Ebro. He once said this concerning his dancing master, he is the king of the art.