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Vinko Jelić
10+ albums
early musiccroatianmotetrenaissance musicearly baroque
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Vinko Jelić (1596-1636) was the most important representative of Croatian church music of the time. He was born in Rijeka, and died in Alsace in France (Zabern). This Early Baroque composer is noted for introducing new techniques like chromatics and sequences into his music, which have just begun to appear in Europe. In 1622 he published a collection consisting of 24 motets (plus 4 other pieces) Parnassia militia in Strassbourg. He was the a student of Matthia Ferrabosco. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
