Scipione Lacorcia (

fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...

1590–1620) was a Neapolitan composer of madrigals. Biographical data for Lacorcia is almost non-existent. Apart from his activity from 1590 to 1620, culminating in his third book of madrigals for 5 voices, little is known. Book II is dedicated to Alessandro Miroballo, marchese di Bracigliano. Book III, dated 1 October 1620 is prefaced with a humble plebeian dedication to his lordship Francesco Filomarino (1600–1678), principe della Rocca. Book III also features two "guest" madrigals by the nobleman Ettore de la Marra (ca. 1570–1634) signore di Baiano e Castelfranco, who like Filomarino and the amateur madrigalist Scipione Dentice was a member of the five family '' seggio Capuana'' who participated in the city government. Ettore de la Marra was also a lutenist and guitarist in

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 ''Accademia'' and has two other surviving madrigals in the collection ''Teatro de Madrigali'' (Gargano and Nucci, Naples 1609). The poems in Lacorcia's Book III are mainly anonymous, perhaps indicating that they may be from local aristocratic poets. Lacorcia is considered one of the madrigalists most influenced by

, along with Francesco Genuino, Crescenzio Salzilli, Agostino Agresta, Giuseppe Palazzotto-Tagliavia, Antonio de Metrio, and Giacomo Tropea.Watkins G. ''Gesualdo: the man and his music'' 1991 p350 Lacorcia's name appears in a list of madrigalists in print, on the envelope of a letter from

Heinrich Schütz Heinrich Schütz (; 6 November 1672) was a German early Baroque music, Baroque composer and organ (music), organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and one of the most important composers of ...

in Venice, 23 April 1632, to Philip Hainhofer in Dresden, but not in Schütz's handwriting.

Works

* Madrigali Libro I a 5, - lost * Madrigali Libro II a 5, Carlino, Naples 1616, survives complete. * Madrigali Libro III a 5, Vitale, Naples 1620, survives complete.

Recordings

* ''Musica Vulcanica'' Complete recording of Book III, together with the 4 surviving madrigals by Ettore de la Marra, with instrumental pieces played on a reconstructed chromatic cembalo universale by Ascanio Mayone, Giovanni de Macque, and Gesualdo . Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam, dir.

Harry van der Kamp Harry van der Kamp (born 1947 in Kampen) is a Dutch bass singer in opera and concert. Mostly active in Historically informed performance, he founded the Gesualdo Ensemble. He is also an academic voice teacher. Singing career Born in Kampen, va ...

. Sony Vivarte. 2006

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lacorcia, Scipione Italian male classical composers Madrigal composers Italian Renaissance composers Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown