Surname
Giovanni Lore (di)
Given Name
Niccolo
Variant Name
Firenze (da)
Place of birth
Firenze
Role
Basse contre
Bassus
Employee of a court chapel (musician)
Known voice range
Musician
Singer
Active period
1479 - 1493
Workplace
Firenze
Institution
Basilica della Santissima Annunziata di Firenze
Battistero di San Giovanni di Firenze
Cattedrale Santa Maria del Fiore di Firenze
Magyar királyi kápolna
Biography
Wegman BSCE
Lore, Niccolo di Giovanni - da Firenze
fl. 1479-93. Bass.. FlorC; FlorAnn; FlorSG
D'AccG 329-31, 336-41, 345-6.
Wilson 2006, p. 116
The remainder of Ambrogio's September 1488 letter is significant for what it tells us about the contemporary musical scene in both
Nantes and Florence:
Let me say that if there was some good bass, tenor, or contralto voice over there [in Nantes], they would be well-received here [in Florence], because Niccolo di Lore has left here. He quit the chapel, and made an agreement with the King of Hungary, and Bartolomeo has done the same. Their departure without Lorenzo's knowledge has displeased him very much. I tell you all of this because if I can, I shall help any of your friends. (Doc. 7b: 5-9)
Cathedral documents published some time ago by Frank D'Accone record that on 30 April 1488 Bartolomeo de Castris and the bass Ser
Niccolo di Lore left Florence, but we are not told why they left or where they went.46 Both had come to Florence at about the same time in 1482, and Lorenzo's anger at their abrupt departure in 1488 is understandable; the music-loving monarch of Hungary, Matthias Corvinus, had covertly recruited from the Florentine chapel the services of two able and long-time singers, and in so doing had taken a lesson from the Italian princes who had long since been engaged in competition for the services of northern musicians in their chapels. What is perhaps more surprising to learn, however, is how close Ambrogio was to these events. The departure of good singers, particularly those with whom he had been directly involved, could not have escaped his notice, but he also felt compelled and qualified to act in helping to fill the vacancies.
Lore, Niccolo di Giovanni - da Firenze
fl. 1479-93. Bass.. FlorC; FlorAnn; FlorSG
D'AccG 329-31, 336-41, 345-6.
Wilson 2006, p. 116
The remainder of Ambrogio's September 1488 letter is significant for what it tells us about the contemporary musical scene in both
Nantes and Florence:
Let me say that if there was some good bass, tenor, or contralto voice over there [in Nantes], they would be well-received here [in Florence], because Niccolo di Lore has left here. He quit the chapel, and made an agreement with the King of Hungary, and Bartolomeo has done the same. Their departure without Lorenzo's knowledge has displeased him very much. I tell you all of this because if I can, I shall help any of your friends. (Doc. 7b: 5-9)
Cathedral documents published some time ago by Frank D'Accone record that on 30 April 1488 Bartolomeo de Castris and the bass Ser
Niccolo di Lore left Florence, but we are not told why they left or where they went.46 Both had come to Florence at about the same time in 1482, and Lorenzo's anger at their abrupt departure in 1488 is understandable; the music-loving monarch of Hungary, Matthias Corvinus, had covertly recruited from the Florentine chapel the services of two able and long-time singers, and in so doing had taken a lesson from the Italian princes who had long since been engaged in competition for the services of northern musicians in their chapels. What is perhaps more surprising to learn, however, is how close Ambrogio was to these events. The departure of good singers, particularly those with whom he had been directly involved, could not have escaped his notice, but he also felt compelled and qualified to act in helping to fill the vacancies.
Bibliography
D’Accone 1961