Don Carlo Gesualdo

Renaissance music, Composer

1566 – 1613

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Who was Don Carlo Gesualdo?

Carlo Gesualdo, also known as Gesualdo da Venosa or Gesualdo di Venosa, Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, was an Italian nobleman, lutenist, composer and murderer.

As a composer of the late Renaissance, he is remembered for writing intensely expressive madrigals and sacred music that use a chromatic language not heard again until the late 19th century.

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Born
Mar 8, 1566
Naples
Also known as
  • Gesualdo da Venosa
  • Gesualdo, Carlo (1560-1613)
  • Gesualdo, Carlo
Nationality
  • Italy
Profession
Lived in
  • Basilicata
Died
Sep 8, 1613

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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