biography
pronunciation:
[marenzioh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1553–99)
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| biography:
| Composer, born near Brescia, Republic of Venice (modern Italy). He was probably a choirboy at Brescia before becoming a prolific writer of madrigals. He was in service with Cardinal Luigi d'Este of Rome (1578–86), then worked in Florence and Poland, before becoming a musician at the papal court in Rome. |
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