Filippo Nicoletti

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Filippo Nicoletti (ca.1555–1634) was a composer from Ferrara. He proclaims himself Ferraranese in the title pages of some of his works. As for the year of his birth, in a letter written in 1623 to Cardinal Alessandro d'Este, he claimed to be 69 years old (Andreotti, 1991-92, p. 94). According to Schmidl (1929, p. 173), he studied with the Franciscan Giuliano Cartari, whose presence is documented since 1567 as cantor to the Saint of Padua and from 1573 as chapel master in S. Francesco in Bologna; the information, while not unlikely, is not supported by documents. The first traces of Nicoletti's musical activity show the close contacts he maintained with members of the nobility of Rovigo, where he probably resided and worked: "from Rovigo, November 15, 1577" he signed the dedication to the noble from Lendinarese Petrobello Petrobelli of the first book of 'madrigals for five voices (Venice, A. Gardano, 1578). Also the second printed work, Li fake amori. Five-part music(Venice, G. Vincenzi - R. Amadino, 1585), although dated "di Venetia, li primo di luio [sic] 1585", refers to the environment of Rovigo, since it is dedicated to "Catarin Zeno, most dignified mayor and captain of Rovigo and proveditor of all the Polesine "and includes two madrigals on texts by" sig. Mazzarello da Rovigo "and" Signor Dr. Avanzi da Rovigo ", alongside those of more famous poets (from Ludovico Ariosto, Luigi Cassola, Girolamo Parabosco and Luigi Groto, to the more recent Torquato Tasso and Battista

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