Francesco Turini was an Italian

Italy

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 composer

Composer

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 and organist

Organist

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 in the early Baroque

Baroque music

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 era.

Turini was born around 1595 in Prague

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, and was a pupil of his father Georgio Turini a singer and cornetist at the court of Emperor Rudolf II. He became court organist bat the age of 12, and wrote madrigals, motets, masses, trio sonatas for two violins and basso continuo, and died in Brescia

Brescia

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, Italy.

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