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Carlo Gesualdo: Murder, Witchcraft, Choral Music: Media

This nobleman and composer led a troubled life and left behind some unsettling musical compositions.

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Carlo Gesualdo, portrait by Francesco Mancini; in the Conservatorio di Musica San...
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