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Also known as Jacobus Gallus Carniolus, Jakobus Gallus, Jacob Handl

Slovenian Renaissance composer (1550–1591)

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Active from
1550-07-03
Active to
1591-07-18

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Jacobus Gallus Carniolus (Jacob Handl or Jacob Handl-Gallus) (July 3, 1550 – July 18, 1591) was a late Renaissance Czech composer of Slovene origin. Gallus was born as Jakob Petelin in 1550 in Reifnitz, Carniola (now Ribnica), Slovenia. Gallus left Slovenia in his youth, became a Cistercian monk and travelled across Austria, Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia. For some time he lived in Melk Abbey in Lower Austria. He was a member of the Viennese court chapel in 1574 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music

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Jacobus Gallus
date of birth
1550-07-03
date of death
1591-07-18
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4 objects attributed to Jacobus Gallus, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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