Achille Falcone
Achille Falcone (ca. 1570-75 – 9 November 1600) was an Italian composer. Achille Falcone was born in Cosenza, the son of Antonio Falcone, he was maestro di cappella at Caltagirone, Sicily, and known for his madrigals.
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Achille Falcone
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- 1570
- Died
- 1600
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Achille Falcone (ca. 1570-75 – 9 November 1600) was an Italian composer. Achille Falcone was born in Cosenza, the son of Antonio Falcone, he was maestro di cappella at Caltagirone, Sicily, and known for his madrigals.
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He was challenged to a musical duel by Sebastian Raval, maestro di cappella at Palermo, which Falcone won, but the decision was later reversed. After his son's early death, his father Antonio published the materials of the duel in his Relazione del successo to defend his son's reputation.
• Madrigali, mottetti e ricercari: madrigali a cinque voci
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- 1.Walter Marzilli, Op. cit
- 2.Giuseppe Baini, Memorie storico-critiche della vita e delle opere di Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Rome: Società Tipografica, 1828, pp. 39 segg.
- 3.Ottavio Tiby, «Sebastian Raval. A 16th century Spanish musician in Italy», Musica disciplina, II (1948), pp. 217-223
- 4.Antonio Falcone, Alli signori musici di Roma,ecc., Venise, Giacomo Vincenti, 1603.
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