Carlo Gesualdo
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Carlo Gesualdo was a late Renaissance Italian nobleman-composer famed for his intensely chromatic, emotionally extreme madrigals and for the notorious murder of his wife and her lover.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian nobleman
ⓘ
Renaissance composer ⓘ composer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Ferrara
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Kingdom of Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1566-03-08 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Venosa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| committedHomicide |
Fabrizio Carafa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maria d’Avalos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfMarriage | 1586-02-28 ⓘ |
| deathCountry | Kingdom of Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1613-09-08 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Gesualdo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Gesualdo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Fabrizio II Gesualdo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
madrigal
ⓘ
sacred music ⓘ |
| givenName | Carlo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homicideDate | 1590-10-16 ⓘ |
| homicidePlace | Palazzo San Severo, Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | House of Gesualdo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century composers
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Alfred Schnittke NERFINISHED ⓘ Igor Stravinsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Cipriano de Rore
NERFINISHED
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Luca Marenzio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
expressive text setting
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intensely chromatic madrigals ⓘ murder of his first wife and her lover ⓘ |
| languageOfLyrics | Italian ⓘ |
| marriedTo | Maria d’Avalos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Giovanna d’Aragona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Late Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Count of Conza
NERFINISHED
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Prince of Venosa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Madrigali libro quinto
NERFINISHED
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Madrigali libro sesto NERFINISHED ⓘ Tenebrae Responsories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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lutenist ⓘ |
| primaryInstrument | lute ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholic ⓘ |
| spouse |
Eleonora d’Este
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maria d’Avalos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
extreme chromaticism
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intense word painting ⓘ sudden harmonic shifts ⓘ |
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