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Giorgio Mainerio (c. 1530-1540 - May 3 or 4, 1582) was an Italian musician and composer. Mainerio was born in Parma between 1530 and 1540. His father was possibly of Scottish origin. This hypothesis is based on the fact that Giorgio in his signature used Mayner as family name. During his education he studied also music, but he did not start from the very beginning a musical carrier. In 1560, being a presbyter, he tried to be hired as chaplain and altarista by the church of Santa Maria Annunziata in Udine. In Udine Mainerio spent ten years (from 1560 up...