Alessandro Striggio
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | Mantua |
| Italy | |
| Date of died | February 29,1592 |
| Died | Mantua |
| Italy | |
| Record labels | Opus 111 |
| Children | Alessandro Striggio the Younger |
| Job | Diplomat |
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| ID | 1317056 |
Alessandro Striggio Life story
Alessandro Striggio was an Italian composer, instrumentalist and diplomat of the Renaissance. He composed numerous madrigals as well as dramatic music, and by combining the two, became the inventor of madrigal comedy. His son, also named Alessandro Striggio, wrote the libretto for Monteverdi's Orfeo.
