Salamone de Rossi Ebreo

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Salamone de Rossi Ebreo (also Salamone Rossi {Hebrew: סלומונה רוסי or שלמה מן האדומים‎v}) (c. 1570-1630) was an Italian Jewish violinist and composer. He was a transitional figure between the late Italian Renaissance period and early Baroque. As a young man, Rossi acquired a reputation as a talented violinist. He was hired in 1587 as a court musician in Mantua, where records of his activities as a violinist survive. He served at the court from until 1628, where he entertained the royal family, providing fashionable music for such events as banquets, wedding feasts, theatrical productions, and chapel services. His sister, Madama Europa, was an opera singer, and possibly the first Jewish woman to be professionally engaged in that area. She is reported to have premiered Claudio Monteverdi's Lamento d’Arianna for the Duke of Gonzaga. Rossi's first published work (released in 1589) was a collection of nineteen canzonettes, short, dance-like compositions for a trio of voices with lighthearted, amorous lyrics. Rossi also flourished in his composition of more serious madrigals, combining the poetry of the greatest poets of the day (such as Guarini, Marino, Rinaldi, and Celiano) with his melodies. In the field of instrumental music Rossi was a bold innovator. He was one of the first composers to apply to instrumental music the principles of monodic song, in which one melody dominates over secondary accompanying parts. His trio sonatas, among the first in the literature, provided

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