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Vincenzo Galilei (c. 1520 – July 2, 1591) was an Italian lutenist, composer, and music theorist, and the father of the famous astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei. He was a seminal figure in the musical life of the late Renaissance, and contributed significantly to the musical revolution which demarcates the beginning of the Baroque era. He was born around 1520 in Santa Maria a Monte (Tuscany), and began studying the lute at an early age. Sometime before 1562 he moved to Pisa, where he married into a noble family. In 1564 Galileo was born, the first of his either six...

Vincenzo Zitello (see also his Vincenzo Zitello Trio) - composer, harpist, and concert artist - starts studying music at a very early age, playing the transverse flute and the violino,viola. The first person to spread and pioneer the Celtic harp in Italy, from 1976, he dedicates himself to his musical studies, taking part in Breton cultural and musical seminars held at the “Ti Kendalc'h” with Dominig Bouchaud and Mariannig Larc’hantec. In 1978 he forms the harp and oboe duet with Roberto Mazza. In 1980 he specialises in the bardic harp and Celtic singing with Alan Stivell. In 1985 he forms...

Vincenzo Capirola (* 1474 in Brescia; † nach 1548 ebenda) war ein italienischer Lautenist und Komponist. Capirolas Werk selbst ist recht heterogen und enthält sowohl leichte als auch hochvirtuose Stücke. Es umfasst 43 Ricercari, Tänze und Intavolierungen vokaler Kompositionen von Martin Agricola, Jacob Obrecht, Josquin Desprez, Marco Cara und anderen. Die Ricercari wechseln oftmals zwischen toccataartigen Passagen und dreistimmigem Kontrapunkt. .