Tomaso Cimello

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.

Selected recordings

• 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.

References

1. ↑ Willi Apel Harvard dictionary of music 1969 p904