calamento

Updated: June 28, 2025

One of his motets calls for an orchestra of eight trombones, eight violas, eight large flutes, a spinet and a large lute. Without doubt his most significant work in the domain of the lyric drama was "Il Calamento delle Donne al Bucato," published at Florence in 1584.

W. J. (William James) Henderson - Some Forerunners of Italian Opera