Rossino Mantovano
Life
Floreat: 1505-11
Biography
Rossino Mantovano (Rossino of Mantua
) (fl. 1505-1511) was an Italian composer of madrigals and singer. He was employed as a male contralto in the Cathedral of Mantua in 1509 and as maestro di canto in 1510–11, with the responsibility of teaching the boy sopranos. He and the rest of the choir were released in 1511. He is the author of five frottolas (three barzellete, an oda, and a popular text) all published in Petrucci’s frottola books. Of particular interest are two works that seem to be associated with Mantuan theatre. Poi che fai, donna, el gaton imitates the sounds of a cat’s wailing (‘Gnao, gnao, gnao gnao, vo cridando’). The well-known Lirum bililirum lirum is a parodic serenade sung beneath a woman’s window in Bergamasque dialect and to the accompaniment of bagpipes, rather than lute.
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