Cosimo Bottegari
Cosimo Bottegari (1554—1620) was an Italian lutenist and composer of the Late Renaissance era. He was born in Florence and in 1573 became a gentleman of the chamber of the Duke, at the court of Albert V, Duke of Bavaria in Munich,[1] granted of the hereditary equestrian nobility of Bavaria in 1574, with the Heraldic chief of Bavaria and created a Knight of the Order of Saint Stephen 1577, by Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.[2] He left a manuscript of compositions titled Il Libro di canto e liuto[3] which is an important source for Italian songs of the period.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Smith, Douglas Alton (2002). A history of the lute from antiquity to the Renaissance. Lute Society of America. p. 137.
- ^ Araldi, Lodovico (1722). L'Italia Nobile nelle sue città e ne' Cavalieri figli delle medeme, i quali d'anno in anno sono stati insigniti della Croce di San Giovanni e di Santo Stefano. at Andrea Poleti. p. 113.
- ^ "Il libro di canto e liuto di Cosimo Bottegari Fiorentino | Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angiolini". Archived from the original on 2014-09-28. Retrieved 2014-09-28.
- ^ "Renascimento II" (PDF). Retrieved 28 August 2011.
