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Luca Marenzio
Childhood & Early Life If 17th century biographer Leonardo Cozzando is to be believed then, Marenzio was born on 18th October, 1553 in a poor family at Coccaglio, a small town near Brescia.
An extensive catalogue of performing scores of choral and instrumental music from the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
He was one of the seven children of a notary clerk. As a child, Marenzio received musical training from Giovanni Contino. He went to Mantua with Contino in 1568 where he started serving the Mantuan Gonzaga family.Career After spending a few years in Brescia and Mantua, Marenzio moved to Rome where he was appointed as a singer by Cardinal Cristoforo Madruzzo where he worked till 1578.
As Madruzzo was also the employer of Contino, it is assumed that Marenzio’s appointment was arranged by Contino. After the death of Cardinal Madruzzo, Marenzio served at the court of Cardinal Luigi d'Este, who was a companion of Madruzzo.
While writing his first madrigal book, Marenzio was the choir director at the court though Luigi’s musical establishments included only a handful of musici