Alfonso Gesualdo

GPTKB entity

Properties (35)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf composer
gptkbp:associatedWith polyphony
Renaissance_music
gptkbp:birthDate 1566-03-08
gptkbp:contribution sacred choral music
development of the madrigal
gptkbp:deathDate 1613-09-08
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Alfonso Gesualdo
gptkbp:influence 20th-century music
gptkbp:influenced modern composers
gptkbp:influencedBy Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Luca Marenzio
gptkbp:knownFor sacred music
madrigals
gptkbp:nationality Italian
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Madrigals,_Book_1
gptkb:Madrigals,_Book_2
gptkb:Madrigals,_Book_4
gptkb:Tenebrae_Responsories
gptkb:Madrigals,_Book_3
gptkbp:occupation nobleman
music theorist
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Venosa
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Naples
gptkbp:recordLabel gptkb:Naxos_Records
gptkb:Hyperion_Records
gptkb:Chandos_Records
Deutsche Grammophon
CPO_Records
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Maria_d'Avalos
Geronima de Silva
gptkbp:style chromaticism
expressive dissonance
text painting
gptkbp:title Prince of Venosa