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Luzzasco Luzzaschi
Person · male · Ferrara · born 1545 · died 1607 · recording since 1985
Italian composer and organist
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Also known as 卢扎斯科·卢扎斯基
Timeline
7 events▣ Album 4◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1540s
1600s
1980s
· Debut release
Debut release: Concerto delle Dame di Ferrara (sopranos: Helena Afonso, Cristina Miatello & Marinella Pennichi, clavecin: Sergio Vartolo)
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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· Album
Album: Concerto delle Dame di Ferrara (sopranos: Helena Afonso, Cristina Miatello & Marinella Pennichi, clavecin: Sergio Vartolo)
Album
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1990s
2010s
Biography
English biography355 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1369332981
Biography
Luzzasco Luzzaschi (c. 1545 – 10 September 1607) was an Italian composer, organist, and teacher of the late Renaissance. He was born and died in Ferrara, and despite evidence of travels to Rome it is assumed that Luzzaschi spent the majority of his life in his native city. He was a skilled representative of the late Italian madrigal style, along with Palestrina, Wert, Monte, Lassus, Marenzio, Gesualdo and others.
Biography
As a pupil of Cipriano de Rore, Luzzaschi developed his craft and eventually came to be an influential pedagogue himself. Anthony Newcomb writes:
The members of the Roman school, beginning with Ercole Pasquini and succeeded by Frescobaldi himself, were entirely trained by Luzzaschi. The neapolitians around Gesualdo and Macque admired and closely followed Luzzaschi’s work; some came north to study with Luzzaschi personally.”
In 1564, Luzzaschi was appointed as principal organist to the d'Este court. His facility as a keyboard player must have been paramount, for his competence on Nicola Vicentino's microtonal archicembalo was actively documented throughout his career. Luzzaschi was highly respected by his peers, both as a keyboard player and as a composer. Vincenzo Galilei called him one of the best musicians in Italy, and Banchieri named him one of the top two organists (along with Merulo).
Luzzaschi is widely remembered due to his association with the famous Concerto delle donne, a private female vocal ensemble founded by Alfonso II, Duke of Ferrara. In addition to his duties as court organist, as director for the ensemble he composed expert madrigals that required virtuosic vocal skill and advanced musicianship. Expressing a highly ornamented soprano line, his famous publication, Madrigali...per cantare, et sonare, a uno, e doi, e tre soprani of 1601 contained repertory performed by this expert troupe.
Luzzaschi's influence on other composers
Luzzasco Luzzaschi had a profound impact on several composers of his time and beyond, particularly through his expressive madrigal style and innovative keyboard techniques. Three Italians, Giovanni Gabrieli, Marenzio, and Monteverdi, may be seen as strongly affecting his style. Carlo Gesualdo's madrigals reflect Luzzaschi's hallmark features: expressive chromaticism, intricate dissonance, and emotionally charged vocal writing. Claudo Monteverdi was also influenced by Luzzaschi, particularly in his early madrigals.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 19 | 79.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 7 | 82.6th |
| Recording span (years) | -378 | 0.8th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (4 release groups · 4 studio albums)
Albums · 4
1985 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 54:09
1Madrigaux à un, deux et trois sopranos: Aura soave à 14:342Madrigaux à un, deux et trois sopranos: O Primavera à 14:043Madrigaux à un, deux et trois sopranos: Ch'io non t'ami à 14:584Madrigaux à un, deux et trois sopranos: Stral pungente d'amore à 23:525Madrigaux à un, deux et trois sopranos: Deh vieni ormai à 24:276Madrigaux à un, deux et trois sopranos: Cor mio deh non languire à 24:157Madrigaux à un, deux et trois sopranos: I'mi son giovienetta à 23:588Madrigaux à un, deux et trois sopranos: O dolcezze amarissime d'amore à 35:459Madrigaux à un, deux et trois sopranos: Troppo ben può à 35:0110Madrigaux à un, deux et trois sopranos: T'amo mia vita à 34:2511Madrigaux à un, deux et trois sopranos: Non sa che sia dolore à 34:1712Madrigaux à un, deux et trois sopranos: Occhi del pianto mio à 34:33The Secret Music of Luzzasco Luzzaschi
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 45:48
1Occhi del pianto mio3:112Aura soave3:003T'amo mia vita2:484O primavera3:005Toccata del quarto tuono1:576I'mi son giovinetta3:187O dolcezz'amarissime d'Amore4:188Ch'io non t'ami cor mio3:149toccata No. 12 (Piccinini)2:4610Non sa che sia dolore2:4311Deh vieni ormai cor mio3:1212Stral pungent d'Amore2:5513Canzon à 41:2414Ricercare1:3215Cor mio2:4716Troppo ben può3:431999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 27 tracks · 1:09:00
1Quinto libro de' madrigali: Aura, ch'errando intorno3:012Quinto libro de' madrigali: Itene a volo2:203Quinto libro de' madrigali: Lungi da te cor mio2:474Quinto libro de' madrigali: Se la mia vita sete2:225Quinto libro de' madrigali: Aura ch'errando intorno3:246Quinto libro de' madrigali: O miracol d'amore!3:387Quinto libro de' madrigali: Ecco, o dolce, o gradita2:148Quinto libro de' madrigali: Ahi cruda sorte mia3:069Quinto libro de' madrigali: Se parti i'moro2:2310Quinto libro de' madrigali: Tu godi o bell'amante2:0011Quinto libro de' madrigali: Io vissi anima mia2:2912Quinto libro de' madrigali: Ecco, o dolce, o gradita2:3213Quinto libro de' madrigali: Cinto di neve homai2:0914Quinto libro de' madrigali: A l'hor fia lieto il core2:4015Quinto libro de' madrigali: Credete a me1:5516Quinto libro de' madrigali: Vivo da voi lontana2:4717Quinto libro de' madrigali: Parte il corpo da voi2:0418Quinto libro de' madrigali: Moro ardendo2:3019Quinto libro de' madrigali: A l'hor fia lieto il core2:5320Quinto libro de' madrigali: Come viva il mio core2:3121Quinto libro de' madrigali: Godete anima bella1:4122Quinto libro de' madrigali: Può ben fortuna far3:1323Quinto libro de' madrigali: Non guardar, che se guardi2:0924Sesto libro de' madrigali: Itene mie querele2:2425Quinto libro de' madrigali: Credete a me2:0426Sesto libro de' madrigali: Core mio, benchè lontana3:1127Settimo libro de' madrigali: Gioite voi col canto2:33Madrigals, Motets & Instrumental Music
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:09:28
1Ecco il bel lauro verde3:462Cor mio, deh, non languire3:003Gagliarde in d4:014Quivi sospiri3:105Deus tu scis insipientiam meam7:466Ricercar quarto6:077Dolci sospiri ardenti2:448Deh, non cantar, donna gentil1:429Filli al partir del suo caro Pastore2:1910In tribulatione mea4:3411Aura soave2:5512Stral pungente d Amore2:4413Lucenti e chiare stelle3:1414Canzona X1:5515Ricercar terzo6:3016Toccata del quarto tono2:1717Io veggio pur pietate4:0118Gagliarde in e3:5719Morir non puo l mio core2:46
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Luzzasco Luzzaschi head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 19 | 79.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 7 | 82.6th |
| Recording span (years) | -378 | 0.8th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luzzasco_Luzzaschibiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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Wikidata: Q445581 · MusicBrainz: 223005c4-4ee5-40c8-a9f1-8497378fad37