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16th-century classical composers

  • Claudio MonteverdiClaudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi was baptized in the church of SS Nazaro e Celso on the 15th of May 1567. His father Baldassare Monteverdi worked as an…
  • John DowlandJohn Dowland remains a figure shrouded in biographical uncertainty, with his birthplace contested between London and Dublin.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da PalestrinaGiovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina arrived in the world between the 3rd of February 1525 and the 2nd of February 1526 within the town of Palestrina.
  • Bálint BakfarkBálint Bakfark arrived in the world around 1507 within the walls of Brassó, Transylvania. This city now bears the name Brașov and sits inside modern Romania.