Dalla Viola, Alfonso
Dalla Viola, Alfonso
Dalla Viola, Alfonso , Italian instrumentalist and composer; b. Ferrara, c. 1508; d. there, c. 1573. He was in the service of the Este family in Ferrara from 1528. He acquired a fine reputation as an instrumentalist and composer. He was also maestro di cappella at Ferrara Cathedral (c. 1563–72). Among his extant works are the vols. Primo libro di madrigali for 4 Voices (Ferrara, 1539) and II secondo libro di madrigali for 4 Voices (Ferrara, 1540).
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