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Francesco Corteccia

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Italian composer (1502-1571)

MusiciansLived 1502 to 1571 · aged 68
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Francesco Corteccia was an Italian composer, organist, and teacher of the Renaissance.

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Francesco Corteccia, Hinnarium, Biblioteca Medicea LaurenzianaFrancesco Corteccia, Hinnarium, Biblioteca Medicea LaurenzianaPortrait of Cosimo I de' Medici by Angelo Bronzino. Cosimo was a patron of the arts and music, and Corteccia's lifelong employerPortrait of Cosimo I de' Medici by Angelo Bronzino. Cosimo was a patron of the arts and music, and Corteccia's lifelong employer

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About this person

Francesco Corteccia was an Italian composer, organist, and teacher of the Renaissance. Not only was he one of the best known of the early composers of madrigals, and an important native Italian composer during a period of domination by composers from the Low Countries, but he was the most prominent musician in Florence for several decades during the reign of Cosimo I de' Medici.

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Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1502 to 1571 · aged 68
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