How about the following for a literal, if not very elegant, translation?
By his strings that illustrious Italian Corbetto (and) by her voice the so
famous Bolognese maiden Margharitha Salicola defeated the muses in the
Venetian theaters.
I'm not exactly sure "what defeated the muses" refers to, apart from
excellence in performance. Perhaps it is a reference to the daughters of
Pierus, who challenged the muses in a contest of song and were turned into
magpies when defeated. (Similar stories are the challenge of Marsyas to
Apollo in flute playing or that of Arachne to Athena in weaving. There are
others, but I can't think of them right now.)
-----Original Message-----
From: Monica Hall
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2015 10:02 AM
To: Lutelist
Subject: [LUTE] Latin translation
I wonder if there is any Latin scholar on this list who could translate the
following brief reference to Corbetta...
Fidibus illustris ille Corbetto Italus
Voce Margharitha Salicola virgo Boniensis
Venetis tam famosa theatris vicere musas.
Monica
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