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Girolamo Parabosco

Born: c. 1524, Piacenza, Italy

Died: 21st April 1577, Venice, Italy

Nationality: Italian

Girolamo Parabosco was an Italian writer, composer, organist, and poet of the Renaissance.

He was born in Piacenza, the son of a famous organist, Vincenzo Parabosco. Little is known of his childhood, but he went to Venice early for his musical education and is mentioned as a student of Adrian Willaert, the founder of the Venetian School, near the end of 1541. In 1546 he visited Florence as a guest of Francesco Corteccia, musician to the Medici and the leading musician of that city.

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