Francesco Landini
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Middle Ages
- Categories: Music
- Subcategories: Entertainment, Entertainers, Composers, Songwriters, Musicians, Singers, Empires, Dynasties, Holy Roman Empire
- Curriculum: Italian History, Medieval History/Middle Ages
Article abstract: Landini was the most highly regarded Italian composer and performer of his time.
Early Life
Francesco Landini (or Landino, as he is also known) was born in the small town of Fiesole, which is located approximately four miles northeast of Florence. He was the son of Jacopo del Casentino, a respected Florentine painter. Landini lost his sight as a result of smallpox while he was still a young child. Nevertheless, he received a thorough education in the liberal arts, which included the study of geometry, astronomy, rhetoric, and grammar as...
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