Alfonso Fontanelli

Alfonso Fontanelli was an Italian composer, writer, diplomat, courtier, and nobleman of the late Renaissance. He was one of the leading figures in the musically progressive Ferrara school in the late 16th century, and one of the earliest composers in the seconda pratica style at the transition to the Baroque era. ^{Alfonso Fontanelli, Italian composer (d. 1622)}

15 February 1557

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Born in the same month (February 1557): Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor