Happy Birthday May 15

Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi was baptized (birth date unknown) on May 15, 1567, in Cremona, Duchy of Milan (now Lombardy, Italy). During his childhood, Claudio was taught by Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, the maestro di cappella at the Cathedral of Cremona. Claudio learned composition, singing and how to play string instruments such as the viol and viola da braccio. He was only 15 when he published his first pieces of music; a book of three part motets.

Monteverdi by Bernardo Strozzi, c. 1630

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