Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595 (Italian Poet)
Dates
- Existence: 11 March 1544 - 25 April 1595
Biography
Torquato Tasso was an Italian poet of the 16th century, best known for his 1581 poem Gerusalemme liberata, or Jerusalem Delivered, in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the Siege of Jerusalem. He suffered from mental illness and died a few days before he was due to be crowned on the Capitoline Hill as the king of poets by the Pope. Until the beginning of the 20th century, Tasso remaine one of the most widely read poets in Europe.
Source
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torquato_Tasso
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Song titled "Tasso to Leonora", 1810-1857
Song titled "Tasso to Leonora." Referring to 16th century Italian poet Torquato Tasso and his rumoured liasion with Ferrarese noblewoman Eleonora d'Este.
Song titled "Tasso's Familian Spirit", 22 November 1833
Song titled "Tasso's Familian Spirit." Referring to 16th century Italian Poet Torquato Tasso. Written horizontally across the page.
Song titled "Tasso's Prison Song", 1838-1857
Song titled "Tasso's Prison Song." Referring to 16th century Italian poet Torquato Tasso and his seven year cofinement in the madhouse of St. Anna. This song was published in the Metropolitan Magazine in April 1838.