Francesco Gesualdo

GPTKB entity

Properties (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf composer
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Neapolitan_school_of_music
gptkb:Italian_Renaissance_music
sacred and secular music
sacred choral music
musicological studies
Renaissance_polyphony
Italian_madrigal_tradition
late_Renaissance
music_of_the_late_Renaissance
gptkbp:born March 8, 1566
gptkbp:burialPlace Church_of_San_Domenico,_Naples
gptkbp:contribution development of madrigal
sacred music innovation
gptkbp:died September 8, 1613
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Francesco Gesualdo
gptkbp:influenced Baroque music
chamber music
avant-garde music
experimental music
music theory
20th-century composers
film music composers
contemporary classical music
modern composers
choral composers
gptkbp:influencedBy Giovanni Gabrieli
gptkbp:knownFor sacred music
emotional intensity
expressive melodies
dramatic contrasts
madrigals
complex counterpoint
use of dissonance
harmonic innovation
rich harmonic language
dramatic musical storytelling
use of chromatic scales
gptkbp:nationality Italian
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Madrigals,_Book_5
gptkb:Madrigals,_Book_2
gptkb:Madrigals,_Book_4
gptkb:Tenebrae_Responsoria
gptkb:Madrigals,_Book_3
Lamentations of Jeremiah
Madrigals for five voices
Madrigals for six voices
Sacrae Cantiones
Madrigali a cinque voci
Madrigals,_Books_1-6
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Maria_d'Avalos
gptkbp:style chromaticism
polyphony
text expression
gptkbp:title Prince of Venosa
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Maria_d'Avalos