The Modenese Firebrand Lute Virtuoso Composer Poet And Artist Bellerofonte Castaldi 1580–1649 Set His Own Poems To His Own Music In A Lyrical Style That Captured The Dynamism Of The Emerging Baroque. Castaldi’s Dance-Songs And Madrigals For One Two Or More Voices – Drawn From His Monody Collection Primo Mazzetto Venice 1623 And The Manuscript Modena 239 C. 1670 – Framed His Hopes Dreams And Disappointments With Fresh And Unforgettable Melodies. The Duos For Theorbo And Tiorbino A Tiny Theorbo That Castaldi Himself Invented Are Contrapuntal Showpieces From His Capricci A Due Stromenti Modena 1622 A Highly Unusual Collection Of Theorbo Solos And Duos Songs And Poetry That He Himself Engraved And Decorated With His Own Freehand Artwork.