Casulana, Maddalena (c. 1540–1583)
Casulana, Maddalena (c. 1540–1583)
Italian composer. Name variations: Maddalena Mezari. Born c. 1540, in Italy; died c. 1583.
Referred to as "la Casulana Famosa" at performance in Perugia (1582), her extant works include the text of epithalamium composed for marriage banquet of William IV of Bavaria, and 66 madrigals published in 3 vols. (1568, 1570, 1583) and in other collections; gave music lessons to Antonio Molino who dedicated Dilettovoli madrigali to her and whose 2nd vol. she had published.
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