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Francesco Landini
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Francesco Landini or Landino (around 1325 – September 2, 1397) was an Italian composer, organist, singer, poet and instrument maker. He was one of the most famous and revered composers of the second half of the 14th century, and by far the most famous composer in Italy. Details of his life are sketchy, but a few facts can be established with certainty, and the general outline has begun to take shape as more research has been done, especially into Florentine records. Most of the original biographical data on Landini comes from a 1385 book on famous Florentine citizens by chronicler Filippo Villani, who was also born approximately 1325. Landini was most likely born in Florence, though his great-nephew, humanist Cristoforo Landino, gave his birthplace as Fiesole. His father, Jacopo del Casentino, was a noted painter in the school of Giotto. Blind from childhood (an effect of contracting smallpox), Landini became devoted to music early in life, and mastered many instruments, including the lute, as well as the art of singing, writing poetry, and composition. Villani, in his chronicle, also stated that Landini was an inventor of instruments, including a stringed instrument called the 'syrena syrenarum', that combined features of lute and psaltery, and it is believed to be the ancestor of bandura. According to Villani, Landini was given a crown of laurel by the King of Cyprus, who was in Venice for several periods during the 1360s. Probably Landini spent some time in northern Ita
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The Second Circle - Love Songs of Francesco Landini
Landini: Ballate
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Codex Faenza: Instrumental Music of the Early XVth Century
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harmonia mundi - Gold 2013
L'Occhio Del Cor
Classical Hits of Early Music
The Second Circle
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Bestiarium: Animals in the Music of the Middle Ages
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Recorder Music - Landini, F. / Thomas, S. / Buxtehude, D. / Vivaldi, A. / Muller, T.W. / Playford, J. / Mulligan, G. (La Spiritata 2)
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Aremorica - Land of Elves
Landini: L'Occhio del Cor
A Laurel for Landini