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Italian composer & organist, 1468-1548

Giacomo Fogliano

Also known as Giacomo Fogliano
Born1468
CountryItaly
GenderMale
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Biography

Giacomo Fogliano (1468 – 10 April 1548) was an Italian composer, organist, harpsichordist, and music teacher of the Renaissance, active mainly in Modena in northern Italy.

He was a composer of frottole, the popular vocal form ancestral to the madrigal, and later in his career he also wrote madrigals themselves.

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He also wrote some sacred music and a few instrumental compositions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Fogliano

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