Pietro Vinci
Pietro Vinci (c. 1525 – after 14 June 1584) was an Italian composer of late Renaissance music. Vinci was born in Nicosia.
Also recorded as Petrus de Vincis · Pietro Vinci Siciliano · Petrus Vincius · Petrus Vincius siculus Nicosiensis
Pietro Vinci
- Born
- Pietro Vinci was born, sources differ on the date (about 1535 and about 1525). · Nicosia.
- Died
- Pietro Vinci died about 1584 (approximately). · Nicosia.
- Occupation
- composer · chapelmaster · musician · writer
- Fields
- music
- Movements
- Renaissance
- Languages
- Italian
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Pietro Vinci (c. 1525 – after 14 June 1584) was an Italian composer of late Renaissance music. Vinci was born in Nicosia.
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He was active in Bergamo and then in various Sicilian cities as Maestro di cappella. He published several books of madrigals and church music from 1561 to 1584.
The recorded working language is Italian. The field of work recorded is music. Places of work recorded in the authority are Bergamo and Nicosia. Positions recorded include chapelmaster.
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Pietro Vinci was born at Nicosia.
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Pietro Vinci died at Nicosia.
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- 1.Paul Walker. Fugue in the Sixteenth Century. Oxford University Press. 248–. 17 November 2020. 978-0-19-005620-9.
- 2.Susan Lewis Hammond. The Madrigal: A Research and Information Guide. Routledge. 289–. 2011. 978-0-415-80102-7.
- 3.Jane A. Bernstein. Print Culture and Music in Sixteenth-Century Venice. Oxford University Press. 161–. 19 July 2001. 978-0-19-534970-2.
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