Gesualdo, Carlo G Composers Composition

Gesualdo, Carlo G Composers Composition

Italian Late Renaissance composer Don Carlo Gesualdo (c. 1560-1613), prince of Venosa and nephew of Cardinal (Saint) Charles Borromeo, is remembered not only for his great compositional skills but also for ordering the murder of his adulterous wife and her lover. Beginning in a rather conservative fashion, his later works were chromatic and sensual, evoking comparisons to Wagner, whom he preceded by over 200 years.

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Don Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa, Count of Conza (1561 - 1613)

- Biography extolling the power of his music and the shame and sorrow of his personal life with bibliography and notes. By Rocco Brancati, reprinted by MusicWeb.

Gesualdo, Carlo (c. 1561 - 1613) - Brief biographical sketch and summaries of his secular and sacred vocal music with recommended recording.
Gesualdo, Carlo (c. 1560 - 1613), Italy - Biographical data, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays from Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers.
Carlo Gesualdo - Biography dealing with his wife's adultery, his killing of her and her lover, a plunge into insanity, and eventual, graphic death from the Classical Composers Database. Includes portrait.

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