Galilei, Vincenzo 01/01/1520 - 01/01/1591

Vincenzo Galilei was a theorist, composer, lutenist, singer and teacher.
He was the leader of the movement to revive through monody the ancient Greek ideal of the union of music and poetry.





He made transcriptions of more than 3.000 French, Spanish and Italian songs and Latin motets, and more than 500 romanescas, 300 passamezzos, and 100 galliards.





His original pieces show a mastery of instrumental counterpoint and of the resources of tonality.

The scientist Galileo Galilei was the first of his six or seven children.