Francesco Turini
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- ca. 1589
- Died
- 1656
- Works
- 1
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Francesco Turini (c. 1595–1656) was an Italian composer and organist in the early Baroque era. Turini was born in Prague, and was a pupil of his father Georgio Turini, a singer and cornettist at the court of Emperor Rudolf II. He became court organist bat the age of twelve, and wrote madrigals, motets, masses, and trio sonatas for two violins and basso continuo. He died in Brescia, Italy. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Francesco+Turini">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francesco
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Prague
- Place of death
- Brescia
- Occupation
- organist
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Movement
- Baroque music
- Instrument
- pipe organ
- Number of children
- 8
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- date of birth
- 1590-00-00
- date of death
- 1656-06-10
- described by source
- Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich
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via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Francesco Turini, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
![Madrigali a due, tre, e quattro voci e bc [con una cantata a voce sola]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fbeu-covers.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fedl%2Feuropeana%2F11998.jpg&type=IMAGE)