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Girolamo Diruta

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Italian composer, organist and music theorist

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  • Il Transilvano
  • Il Transilvano, dialogo sopra il vero modo di sonar organi, & istromenti da penna
  • Seconda parte del Transilvano ..
  • Transilvano

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Italy
Active from
1554
Active to
1609
composer

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Girolamo Diruta (c. 1554 – after 1610) was an Italian organist, music theorist, and composer. He was famous as a teacher, for his treatise on counterpoint, and for his part in the development of keyboard technique, particularly on the organ. He was born in Deruta, near Perugia.Little is known of his biography except for some details during his principal period of activity. He is known to have become a Franciscan in 1574, and to have gone to Venice in 1580 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Girol

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Girolamo
Gender
male
Place of birth
Deruta
Place of death
Gubbio
Occupation
music theorist
Languages spoken
Italian
Student of
Andrea Gabrieli
Instrument
organ
Religious order
Franciscans
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date of birth
1554-01-01
date of death
1610-03-25
name in native language
Girolamo Diruta
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Girolamo Diruta
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