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1 week ago

Death of Gesualdo St Martin in the Fields

Carlo Gesualdo wrote some of the most darkly sublime music of the late Renaissance. He also savagely murdered his wife and her lover in their bed. Now be honest: which would you like to discuss first? It is a provocation that sets the atmosphere for an evening that resists easy resolution. Presented at St Martin-in-the-Fields as the launch of the church's 300th anniversary celebrations,
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Diary of a degenerate: mapping the music and the madness of Carlo Gesualdo

Carlo Gesualdo produced darkly intense late Renaissance music but also committed a notorious double murder and lived a later life marked by ritualistic torment and accusations.
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