Emanuele Gesualdo

GPTKB entity

Properties (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf composer
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Neapolitan_school_of_music
Renaissance
gptkbp:born March 8, 1566
gptkbp:child gptkb:Emanuele_Gesualdo,_Prince_of_Venosa
gptkb:Carlo_Gesualdo
gptkb:Giovanni_Gesualdo
gptkb:Alfonso_Gesualdo
gptkb:Francesco_Gesualdo
gptkbp:died September 8, 1613
gptkbp:genre Renaissance_music
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Emanuele Gesualdo
gptkbp:influenced avant-garde music
modern composers
gptkbp:influencedBy Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
gptkbp:knownFor madrigals
gptkbp:nationality Italian
gptkbp:notableEvent patronage of the arts
use of dissonance
influence on opera
involvement in court politics
influence on choral music
influence on sacred music
legacy in music history
study of counterpoint
collaboration with other composers
contribution to madrigal form
contribution to the madrigal genre
creation of polyphonic music
development of chromaticism
development of musical motifs
experimentation with musical form
exploration of emotional expression in music
exploration of musical aesthetics
exploration of sacred and secular music
exploration of sacred themes
exploration of text painting
influence on choral arrangements
influence on later music theory
murder of his first wife
performance in royal courts
publication of music collections
remarriage to Leonora d'Este
study of harmony
study of music notation
use of word painting
impact_on_the_Baroque_period
gptkbp:notableWork Sacrae Cantiones
Madrigali a cinque voci
gptkbp:occupation musician
nobleman
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Venosa
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Gesualdo
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Maria_d'Avalos