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Gesualdo

American  
[je-zoo-ahl-daw] / ˌdʒɛ zuˈɑl dɔ /

noun

  1. Don Carlo Prince of Venosa c1560–1613, Italian composer.


Gesualdo British  
/ dʒezuˈaldo /

noun

  1. Carlo (ˈkarlo), Prince of Venosa. ?1560–1613, Italian composer, esp of madrigals

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Sigismondo d’India was a young Italian composer at the explosively creative dawn of the 17th century, the time of Gesualdo, Frescobaldi, Monteverdi and Caccini.

From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2021

Madrigals by Carlo Gesualdo stirred the passions with hair-raising chromatic surprises.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2019

Here too we find the 12th century polyphonist Pérotin, Carlo Gesualdo and JS Bach, but also Luciano Berio and John Adams.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 2013

Tony Gesualdo, a 30-year-old geologist exploring for gold in North Carolina, says he often works for an older man whose method "seems to be to get lost and follow his nose."

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2013

Don Gesualdo himself was made subject to a searching and oft-repeated interrogation, and severely reproved that he had not let the body lie untouched until the arrival of the officers of justice.

From A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June by Ouida

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