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Scipione Dentice

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Scipione Dentice (29 January 1560 – 21 April 1633) was a Neapolitan keyboard composer.

Early life

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Scipione was born into the noble Dentice family. His grandfather was Luigi Dentice, the music theorist, and his uncle was Fabrizio Dentice, the lutenist.

Career

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He is to be distinguished from his colleague and exact contemporary Scipione Stella, a member of Carlo Gesualdo's circle. The two Scipiones were acquainted; the Spanish composer Sebastián Raval records that both Scipione Dentice and Scipione Stella were present with Luca Marenzio at the Peretti palace in Rome when he performed.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Dedication of 1593 book of Madrigals. Cited in John Walter Hill Roman monody, cantata, and opera from the circles around Cardinal Montalto, Volume 1 p.39