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3 unusual facts about Ippolito ChamaterĂ²


Ippolito ChamaterĂ²

On January 1, 1562, he became maestro di cappella, music director, of the prestigious Accademia Filarmonica of Verona, succeeding Francesco Portinaro, who had held the post the preceding year.

In 1565 he was in Vicenza; 1566, Treviso; and he held a longer post as maestro di cappella in Udine from 1567 to 1570, and then again from 1574 to 1577, though his whereabouts between 1570 and 1574 are unknown.

He dedicated his first book, Il primo libro di madrigali for five voices, to the Count of Salo, Giberto Sanvitale, and the next book, Il primo libro di madrigali for four voices, to Gian Giacomo Trivultio.



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