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Giovanni della Casa was a Florentine poet, writer on etiquette and society, diplomat, and inquisitor. He is celebrated for his famous treatise on polite behavior, ''Il Galateo overo de’ costumi'' (1558). From the time of its publication, this courtesy book has enjoyed enormous success and influence. In the eighteenth century, influential critic Giuseppe Baretti wrote in The Italian Library (1757), "The little treatise is looked upon by many Italians as the most elegant thing, as to stile, that we have in our language." | Giovanni della Casa was a Florentine poet, writer on etiquette and society, diplomat, and inquisitor. He is celebrated for his famous treatise on polite behavior, ''Il Galateo overo de’ costumi'' (1558). From the time of its publication, this courtesy book has enjoyed enormous success and influence. In the eighteenth century, influential critic Giuseppe Baretti wrote in The Italian Library (1757), "The little treatise is looked upon by many Italians as the most elegant thing, as to stile, that we have in our language." | ||
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Revision as of 00:14, 28 October 2019
Life
Born: 28 July 1503
Died: 14 November 1556
Biography
Giovanni della Casa was a Florentine poet, writer on etiquette and society, diplomat, and inquisitor. He is celebrated for his famous treatise on polite behavior, Il Galateo overo de’ costumi (1558). From the time of its publication, this courtesy book has enjoyed enormous success and influence. In the eighteenth century, influential critic Giuseppe Baretti wrote in The Italian Library (1757), "The little treatise is looked upon by many Italians as the most elegant thing, as to stile, that we have in our language."
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Musical settings of literary works
Settings of text by Giovanni della Casa
- Affliger chi per voi (Luca Marenzio)
- Come fuggir per selva (Luca Marenzio)
- O sonno (Cipriano de Rore)
- Quella che lieta (Luca Marenzio)
- Stolto cor mio (Gioseffo Guami)
- Stolto mio core (Philippe de Monte)
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