Italian renaissance composer & poet, c. 1540-1585
Giovan Leonardo Primavera
Born1540
BirthplaceBarletta
CountryItaly
GenderMale
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Giovan Leonardo Primavera (1540/45 - after 1585) was an Italian composer of the Renaissanceø.
By 1560 Primavera served as a musician in the family of Carlo Gesualdo. The last known reference to him comes in 1585 with the publication of his final book of madrigals.
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His most famous piece was a madrigal, Nasce la gioja mia which first appeared in 1565 and later served as the theme for Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's Missa 'Nasce la gioja mia', published in 1590.
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