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Gioseffo Zarlino
1517Mar, 22

Gioseffo Zarlino

Gioseffo Zarlino, Italian composer (d. 1590)
Gioseffo Zarlino (31 January or 22 March 1517 – 4 February 1590) was an Italian music theorist and composer of the Renaissance. He made a large contribution to the theory of counterpoint as well as to musical tuning.

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