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Carlo Gesualdo

Born: 8th March 1566, Venosa, Italy

Died: 8th September 1613, Gesualdo, Campania, Italy

Nationality: Italian

Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa was Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza. As a composer he is 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. The responses to this and to his music have often gone hand in hand.

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