Giovanni Dragoni

Renaissance music, Composer

1540 – 1598

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Who was Giovanni Dragoni?

Giovanni Andrea Dragoni was an Italian composer of the Roman School of the late Renaissance, a student of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and a prominent composer and maestro di cappella in Rome in the late 16th century. He left numerous sacred and secular works, almost all vocal, and was especially noted for his often-reprinted books of madrigals.

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Born
1540
Meldola
Nationality
  • Italy
Profession
Died
Dec 1, 1598
Rome

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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