Cosimo Bottegari

Italian composer
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IntroItalian composer
PlacesItaly
wasMusician Composer
Work fieldMusic
Gender
Male
Birth27 September 1554, Florence, Province of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Death31 March 1620Florence, Province of Florence, Tuscany, Italy (aged 65 years)
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Biography

Cosimo Bottegari (1554—1620) was an Italian lutenist and composer of the Late Renaissance era. He was born in Florence and in 1573 became a gentleman at the court of Duke Albert of Bavaria in Munich. He left a manuscript of compositions titled Il Libro di canto e liuto which is an important source for Italian songs of the period.

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