 Alfonso's "concerto delle donne" was formed in part to please her, and all of the members were on the court rolls as her ladies in waiting, and the concerts were frequently held in her apartments.When she married she used her influence at Mantua to convince her father to allow Livia d'Arco, a Mantuan, to join the Ferrarese court as one of her ladies in waiting, so that she could participate in the "concerto delle donne".A great number of madrigals and anthologies of madrigals were dedicated to her, either singly or to both herself and her husband.