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Carlo Gesualdo

1566 - 1613

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Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (between 8 March 1566 and 30 March 1566 – 8 September 1613) was an Italian nobleman and composer. Though both the Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, he is better known for writing madrigals and pieces of sacred music that use a chromatic language not heard again until the late 19th century. He is also known for killing his first wife and her aristocratic lover upon finding them in flagrante delicto. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlo Gesualdo is the 117th most popular composer (down from 108th in 2019), the 567th most popular biography from Italy (down from 539th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Italian Composer.

Carlo Gesualdo was a 17th century Italian composer who is most famous for murdering his wife and her lover, and then committing suicide.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Carlo Gesualdo ranks 117 out of 1,451. Before him are Zoltán Kodály, Mily Balakirev, Muzio Clementi, Francisco Tárrega, Paul Hindemith, and György Ligeti. After him are Manuel de Falla, Bohuslav Martinů, Emmerich Kálmán, Giulio Caccini, Max Bruch, and Adolphe Adam.

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Among people born in 1566, Carlo Gesualdo ranks 4. Before him are James VI and I, Mehmed III, and Sigismund III Vasa. After him are Isabella Clara Eugenia, Giambattista Basile, Abraham Bloemaert, Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, Anna Juliana Gonzaga, Jan Jesenius, Giovanni Baglione, and Sendivogius. Among people deceased in 1613, Carlo Gesualdo ranks 1. After him are Sigismund Báthory, Anton Praetorius, Mateo Alemán, Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Gabriel Báthory, Ivan Susanin, Cigoli, Giovanni Artusi, Johann Bauhin, Bartholomaeus Pitiscus, and Hypatius Pociej.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Carlo Gesualdo ranks 567 out of 5,161. Before him are Carlo Ponti (1912), Giuseppe Peano (1858), Ornella Muti (1955), Alberto Ascari (1918), Petronius Maximus (396), and Marcello Lippi (1948). After him are Pope Benedict V (930), Giuseppe Farina (1906), Pope Stephen II (715), Lambert of Italy (880), Scribonia (-70), and Livius Andronicus (-280).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Carlo Gesualdo ranks 24. Before him are Nino Rota (1911), Jacopo Peri (1561), Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857), Pietro Mascagni (1863), Domenico Cimarosa (1749), and Muzio Clementi (1752). After him are Giulio Caccini (1551), Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583), Giovanni Gabrieli (1557), Giovanni Paisiello (1740), Nicola Porpora (1686), and Gregorio Allegri (1582).

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