Carlo Gesualdo

Italy, 1590–1613

Italian nobleman and composer (c. 1566-1613), Prince of Venosa, who murdered his wife and her lover and was never tried. His late madrigals move through chromatic harmony so extreme that nothing sounded like them again until the twentieth century.

MusicRoots documents 1 artist who influenced Carlo Gesualdo and 0 artists Carlo Gesualdo influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced Carlo Gesualdo?

• Luzzasco Luzzaschi — At Ferrara Gesualdo heard Luzzaschi, abandoned his first manner and took over the older man's chromatic harmony.