Antonio Molino

[3] Dolce records that Molino received a typical nobleman's education in dance and song, learning to play the viol and lute.

[5] He was one of the first actors to perform comedies in the Venetian and Bergamasque dialects, in greghesco (a pidgin of his own creation, inspired by that of the Greek community in Venice) and in stil strathiotesco (soldiers' jargon).

[7] A madrigal by Molino, Perché, Madonna, io vivo sol di vostro amore, is included in the Primo libro dei madrigale of Costanzo Festa (1538).

[5] In 1561, Molino published a lengthy comic poem in eight cantos, I fatti e le prodezze di Manoli Blessi strathioto, dedicated to Giacomo Contarini [it].

[3] In 1564, musical settings of his poetry in greghesco were published in Il primo libro delle greghesche, with contributions from Gabrieli, Merulo, Rore, Willaert and Annibale Padovano.