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Jacobus Gallus
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Slovenian Renaissance composer (1550–1591)
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- Opus Musicum
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Jacobus Gallus Carniolus (Jacob Handl or Jacob Handl-Gallus) (July 3, 1550 – July 18, 1591) was a late Renaissance Czech composer of Slovene origin. Gallus was born as Jakob Petelin in 1550 in Reifnitz, Carniola (now Ribnica), Slovenia. Gallus left Slovenia in his youth, became a Cistercian monk and travelled across Austria, Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia. For some time he lived in Melk Abbey in Lower Austria. He was a member of the Viennese court chapel in 1574 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Holy Roman Empire
- Place of birth
- Ribnica
- Place of death
- Prague
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Jakob Petelin Gallus 1590 (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Znojmo
- Religious order
- Cistercians
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- Jacobus Gallus
- date of birth
- 1550-07-03
- date of death
- 1591-07-18
- P8168
- Adriatic sturgeon
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- Jacobus Gallus
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Works in European collections
4 objects attributed to Jacobus Gallus, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
