Carlo Gesualdo
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 411 years ago |
Date of birth | March 30,1566 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Venosa |
Italy | |
Date of died | September 8,1613 |
Died | Gesualdo |
Italy | |
Genres | Early Music |
Spouse | Eleonora d'Este (1561-1637) |
Donna Maria d'Avalos | |
Eleonora d'Este | |
Parents | Geronima Borromeo |
Fabrizio II Gesualdo | |
Fabrizio Gesualdo | |
Uncles | Charles Borromeo |
Federico Borromeo | |
Job | Composer |
Composit | Tenebrae Responsoria |
Instruments | Lute |
Children | Alfonsino Gesualdo |
Place of burial | Gesù Nuovo |
Nationality | Italian |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 616461 |
Carlo Gesualdo Life story
Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa was Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza. As a composer he is known for writing madrigals and pieces of sacred music that use a chromatic language not heard again until the late 19th century.