Alfonso Fontanelli was an Italian composer, writer, diplomat, courtier, and nobleman of the late Renaissance. He was one of the leading figures in the musically progressive Ferrara school in the late 16th century, and one of the earliest composers in the seconda pratica style at the transition to the Baroque era.
Musicians born in the 1550s 6
About this person
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1557 to 1622 · aged 64
Written about in
7 languages
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