Tomaso Cimello

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Giovanni Tommaso Cimello (Monte San Giovanni Campano c.1510 - Monte San Giovanni Campano c.1591) was a poet, musician, composer and musical theorist employed by the powerful Colonna family, and active at the Aragonese court in Naples.

Works

Canzoni Villanesche al Modo Napolitano a 3 voci 1545 - this was one of the earliest collections of villanelle, following that by Nola (1541), and preceding those by Willaert (1545), and Donati (1550)^[1]
1st Book of Madrigals for 4 voices 1548. The book was dedicated to Fabrizio Colonna.

Villanelle on Napolitane. Tesori di Napoli Vol.7 Ensemble Micrologus, Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini. Opus111
Madrigal "fuggi'l sereno" on In morte de Madonna Laura. Huelgas Ensemble, dir. Paul Van Nevel.

Persondata
Name	Cimello, Tommaso
Alternative names
Short description	Composer and poet
Date of birth	1512
Place of birth	Monte San Giovanni Campano, Italy
Date of death	1591
Place of death	Monte San Giovanni Campano, Italy

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