Hacia una edición de los Dialoghi de Massimo Troiano

The article examines some key features of Massimo Troiano’s Dialoghi, which describes in detail the festivities organised in Munich in 1568 for the wedding of William V of Bavaria and Renata of Lorraine. The text of the Venetian edition of 1569 is both in Italian and Spanish – a Compendio, printed only in Italian, which transforms the account of the wedding into a manual to learn the Spanish language. The exorbitant richness of the events narrated using the genre of dialogue allows Troiano to exalt the Bavarian court and at the same time to proclaim and promote his talent as a man of culture. Among the many pieces of information, it stands out the references to female singers, including Caterina Willaert. Furthermore, thanks to the Dialoghi, the Latin verses of the five-voice motet Nil mage iucundum mortalibus alma potestas by the composer Maddalena Casulana - the first woman to publish musical works - sung in Munich at the initiative of Lasso have reached us. These aspects reveal the role that women had in the court orchestra and underline the importance of the book also within the framework of gender studies.