Strozzi, Piero
Strozzi, Piero
Strozzi, Piero, amateur Italian composer; b. Florence, c. 1550; d. there, after Sept. 1, 1609. He was a nobleman. He was a member of the Bardi circle in Florence, and one of the creators of the “stile rappresentativo,” leading to the development of opera. With Caccini, Merulo, and Striggio, he wrote the festival music for the wedding of Francesco de’ Medici in 1579. In 1596 he set to music Rinuccini’s libretto La mascherata degli accecati. Two madrigals by Strozzi are in Luca Bati’s Secondo libro di madrigali (Venice, 1598).
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire
More From encyclopedia.com
Christoph Willibald Von Gluck , Gluck, Christoph Willibald Von (1714–1787)
GLUCK, CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD VON (1714–1787)
GLUCK, CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD VON (1714–1787), Austrian composer o… Kurt Weill , Weill, Kurt
Composer
An intriguing figure in twentieth-century music, Kurt Weill was a unique composer who virtually closed the gap between “serious”… Giacomo Puccini , Puccini, Giacomo
Composer
Giacomo Puccini was the last of Italy’s great opera composers, a lineage that began in the seventeenth century with Claudio… Thea Musgrave , Thea Musgrave
Thea Musgrave
Thea Musgrave (born 1928) was a prominent Scottish-born composer whose works include operas, ballet scores, orchestral pi… William Walton , Walton, William
Composer
In the turmoil of twentieth-century styles, schools, movements, and breakthroughs, composer William Walton’s music is though… Giulio Caccini , Giulio Caccini (ca. 1545-1618), an Italian singer and an early opera composer, wrote "Le nuove musiche," the first important and, in the 17th century…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Strozzi, Piero