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]

Alessandro Lionardi
NationalityVenetian
CitizenshipPadovan
Periodmid-16th century
Notable worksDialogi, Rime di M. Alessandro Lionardi

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The published works of Lionardi include:

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  1. ^ Francesco Saverio Quadrio (1741) Della storia e della ragione d'ogni poesia: volumi quattro, Volume secondo. Milano: Francesco Agnelli, p. 238 (in Italian)
  2. ^ "Vidi pianger madonna, Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (United Kingdom). Accessed February 2013.
  3. ^ "Come dal ciel seren rugiada sole, Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (United Kingdom). Accessed February 2013.
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