Gaspare Murtola

Alias: Gasparo Murtola

Life

Born: c.1570 in Geneva

Died: 1624 in Corneto, Papal States

Biography

Italian poet, remembered for his rivalry with Giambattista Marino with whom he fought a duel and traded satirical poems.

View the Wikipedia article on Gaspare Murtola.

Settings of text by Gaspare Murtola

• Di baciar quei begl'occhi (Stefano Bernardi)

Publications

• Rime (Venice: Meglietti, 1604, 3rd edition)
• Canzonette (1608)
• Della Creazione del mondo (Venice: Deuchino & Pulciani, 1608)
• Delle Pescatorie (Rome: Deuchino, 1617)
• Li Provenzali (Macerate: Salvioni, 1618)
• La Marineide (1619) - response to Marino's La Murtoleide

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