Girolamo Diruta
Born: c. 1546, Deruta, Italy
Died: c. 1624, Deruta, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Girolamo Diruta was an Italian organist, music theorist, and composer. He was famous as a teacher, for his treatise Il Transilvano (Venice, 1st part 1593; 2nd part 1609-10) on counterpoint, and for his part in the development of keyboard technique, particularly on the organ. He was born in Deruta, near Perugia.
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