Cosimo Bottegari

{{Short description|Italian lutenist and composer}}

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Cosimo Bottegari (1554—1620) was an Italian lutenist and composer of the Late Renaissance era. He was born in Florence and in 1573 became a gentleman of the chamber of the Duke, at the court of Albert V, Duke of Bavaria in Munich,{{cite book |title=A history of the lute from antiquity to the Renaissance|first=Douglas Alton|last=Smith|publisher=Lute Society of America|year=2002|page=137}} granted of the hereditary equestrian nobility of Bavaria in 1574, with the Heraldic chief of Bavaria and created a Knight of the Order of Saint Stephen 1577, by Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.{{cite book |title=L'Italia Nobile nelle sue città e ne' Cavalieri figli delle medeme, i quali d'anno in anno sono stati insigniti della Croce di San Giovanni e di Santo Stefano|first=Lodovico|last=Araldi|publisher=at Andrea Poleti|year=1722|page=113}} He left a manuscript of compositions titled Il Libro di canto e liuto{{Cite web |url=http://www.angiolini.biz/site/en/programmi-di-concerto/viola-che-amore/ |title=Il libro di canto e liuto di Cosimo Bottegari Fiorentino | Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angiolini |access-date=2014-09-28 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140928162208/http://www.angiolini.biz/site/en/programmi-di-concerto/viola-che-amore/ |archive-date=2014-09-28 |url-status=dead }} which is an important source for Italian songs of the period.{{cite web |title=Renascimento II|url=http://www.earlymusiccollection.it/public/pdf/004.pdf|access-date=28 August 2011}}