Alessandro Lionardi | |
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Nationality | Venetian |
Citizenship | Padovan |
Period | mid-16th century |
Notable works | Dialogi, Rime di M. Alessandro Lionardi |
Alessandro Lionardi or Leonardi was an Italian poet from Padova, active in the mid-16th century.[1] He was a doctor of law, and author of an important treatise on poetry and rhetoric, the Dialogi (Italian: dialoghi, or "dialogues"). He is the author of the texts of Alfonso Ferrabosco's five-voice madrigals Vidi pianger madonna[2] and Come dal ciel seren rugiada sole.[3]