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Vincenzo Galilei, Italian lute player and composer (born 1520)

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Vincenzo Galilei

Italian musician and music theorist (1520–1591)

Vincenzo Galilei was an Italian lutenist, composer, and music theorist. His children included the astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei and the lute virtuoso and composer Michelagnolo Galilei. Vincenzo was a figure in the musical life of the late Renaissance and contributed…
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Lute

Plucked string musical instrument

A lute is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body. It may be either fretted or unfretted.
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July 2

Day of the year

July 2 is the 183rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 182 days remain until the end of the year.
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