Scipione Dentice (29 January 1560 – 21 April 1633) was a Neapolitan keyboard composer.

Early life

Scipione was born into the noble Dentice family. His grandfather was Luigi Dentice, the music theorist, and his uncle was Fabrizio Dentice, the lutenist.

Career

He is to be distinguished from his colleague and exact contemporary

Scipione Stella Scipione Stella (1558 or 1559 – May 20, 1622) was a Neapolitan composer. He is to be distinguished from another member of the circle of Carlo Gesualdo, Scipione Dentice.John Walter Hill Roman monody, cantata, and opera from the circles around C ...

, a member of

Carlo Gesualdo Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (between 8 March 1566 and 30 March 1566 – 8 September 1613) was an Italian nobleman and composer. Though both the Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, he is better known for writing madrigals and pieces of sacred ...

's circle. The two Scipiones were acquainted; the Spanish composer Sebastián Raval records that both Scipione Dentice and Scipione Stella were present with

Luca Marenzio Luca Marenzio (also Marentio; October 18, 1553 or 1554 – August 22, 1599) was an Italian composer and singer of the late Renaissance. He was one of the most renowned composers of madrigals, and wrote some of the most famous examples of the f ...

at the Peretti palace in Rome when he performed.Dedication of 1593 book of Madrigals. Cited in John Walter Hill Roman monody, cantata, and opera from the circles around Cardinal Montalto, Volume 1 p.39

References

1560 births 1633 deaths Musicians from the Kingdom of Naples Italian male classical composers Italian Renaissance composers Composers from Naples Scipione {{Italy-composer-stub