Girolamo Diruta was an Italian organist, music theorist, and composer. He was famous as a teacher, for his treatise Il Transilvano on counterpoint, and for his part in the development of keyboard technique, particularly on the organ. He was born in Deruta, near Perugia.
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Musicians born in the 1550s 6
About this person
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1554 to 1610 · aged 56
Written about in
16 languages
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