'''Carlo Gesualdo''' (c1561-1613), [[Italian]] nobleman (Prince of Venosa) and amateur composer, became notorious for his ordering the murder of his first wife and her lover in 1590. Today he is remembered more as a highly proficient and innovative composer of both secular and sacred music who furthered the development of both the [[madrigal]] and [[motet]] forms. | '''Carlo Gesualdo''' (c1561-1613), [[Italian]] nobleman (Prince of Venosa) and amateur composer, became notorious for his ordering the murder of his first wife and her lover in 1590. Today he is remembered more as a highly proficient and innovative composer of both secular and sacred music who furthered the development of both the [[madrigal]] and [[motet]] forms. |