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Antonello da Caserta, alsoAnthonello de Casetta,Antonellus Marot, was an Italian composer of themedieval era, active in the late 14th and early 15th centuries.
Essentially nothing is known of Antonello's life. Earlier in the 20th century,Nino Pirrotta thought Caserta was aNeapolitan composer, but because most of his surviving works are in northern Italian manuscripts, this is now doubted (Günther and Stone 2001). Allusions in his texts suggest that he worked for theVisconti family inMilan around the turn of the 15th century (Nádas and Ziino 1990), and a "frater Antoniello de Caserta" mentioned in an archival document may indicate that he was at the Visconti court inPavia in 1402 (Günther and Stone 2001). Antonello was amonk, though the order to which he belonged is not known.
Antonello da Caserta is one of the more renowned composers of the generation afterGuillaume de Machaut. Antonello set texts in both French and Italian, includingBeauté parfaite of Machaut; this is the only surviving musical setting of a poem by Machaut which is not by Machaut himself. He was highly influenced by French musical models, one of the first Italians to be so. One of hisballades quotesJehan Vaillant, a composer active inParis. He also made use of irregularmensuration signs, found in few other manuscripts. He also uses proportional rhythms in some ballades, a device which became more popular in later periods. His Italian works tend to be simpler, especially theballate. Both his French and Italian works take as their subjectscourtly love.
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