Vincenzo Galilei

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Vincenzo Galilei  Life

Vincenzo Galilei was a theorist, composer, lutenist, singer and teacher.

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He was the leader of the movement to revive through monody the ancient Greek ideal of the union of music and poetry.

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He made transcriptions of more than 3.000 French, Spanish and Italian songs and Latin motets, and more than 500 romanescas, 300 passamezzos, and 100 galliards.

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His original pieces show a mastery of instrumental counterpoint and of the resources of tonality.

The scientist Galileo Galilei was the first of his six or seven children.