Francesco Canova da Milano

Francesco Canova da Milano ( born August 18, 1497 Monza, † April 15, 1543 in Milan ) was an Italian composer and lutenist of the Renaissance.

Life

Francesco da Milano was born on August 18, 1497, the son of the musician Benedetto Canova in Monza, a suburb of Milan. Giovanno Testagrossa (1470-1530), himself a lutenist at the court of Beatrice and Isabelle d' Este in Mantua, supervised his musical education. 1519 Francesco entered the service of Pope Leo X. He probably remained in Rome during the reign of Hadrian VI. and Clement VII in the late 20s of the 16th century, he returned to northern Italy, in 1528 its presence in occupied Piacenza, in 1530 he was organist of the cathedral in Milan. Before 1535 he was again in Rome. Than lutenist and viola player of Cardinal Ippolito de ' Medici, and as a teacher of the nephew of Pope Paul III, Ottavio Farnese. In 1538 he accompanied the Pope to a meeting between Charles V and Francis I in Nice. Francesco da Milano died on April 15, 1543, survived by his father, who erected a grave stone in the church of Santa Maria della Scala in Milan for him.

Work

In the compositions of Francesco da Milano is continuous around the related musical forms Ricercar and Fantasia for the Renaissance lute. These are compositions contrapuntal structure, subject to the influence of the motet. Francesco da Milano's works can be found in over 40 different tablatures, which were printed in 1536-1603, in Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland and the Netherlands. In addition there are 25 different manuscripts, which are similar to widely scattered. During his lifetime he received if his incomparable game, nicknamed il Divino ( "the divine", an epitaph, which he shares with Michelangelo Buonarroti, after all ). Lucas Guarico, the astrologer of Francesco's patron, Pope Paul III. , Considered him " the most important and most important musicians of all, (...) better than Orpheus and Apollo, he plays the lute or other instrument ." His compositions can be now played on the lute or guitar.

Swell

  • Francesco Da Milano, fantasies and Ricercar, H. tranquility, R. Evers, Moeck;
  • Francesco Da Milano, Opere Complete per liuto, R. Chiesa, Suvini Zerboni Editioni -Milan
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