Jacobus Gallus

Composer

1550 – 1591

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Who was Jacobus Gallus?

Jacobus Gallus Carniolus was a late-Renaissance composer of Slovene ethnicity. Born in Carniola, which at the time was one of the Habsburg lands in the Holy Roman Empire, he lived and worked in Moravia and Bohemia during the last decade of his life.

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Born
Jul 3, 1550
Ribnica, Ribnica
Also known as
  • Jacob Handl
  • Jacobus Gallus Carniolus
  • Jacobus Handl-Gallus
  • Jacob Handl-Gallus
  • Jacobus Handl
  • Jacob Handl de Gallus
Died
Jul 18, 1591
Prague

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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