Alessandro Piccinini
(1566-1638)
Wikipedia: Alessandro Piccinini (1566 – 1638), was anItalianlutenist and composer. Piccinini was born inBologna into a musical family: his father Leonardo Maria Piccinini taught lute playing to Alessandro as well as his brothers Girolamo (d. 1615) and Filippo (d. 1648). He held appointments at theEste court inFerrara (from 1582 to 1597) and withCardinal Pietro Aldobrandini, papal legate at Bologna and Ferrara. Piccinini died around 1638, probably in Bologna.
Piccinini concentrated on toccatas, courantes and galliards, as well as different kinds of variations:
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