Franchino Gaffurio

Alias: Franchinus Gaffurius, Gafurius

Gaffurius has been proposed as the sitter for Leonardo's Portrait of a Musician; the resemblance to the woodcut in De Harmonia musicorum instrumentorum (1518) seems slight.

Life

Born: 14 January 1451

Died: 25 June 1522

Biography

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View the Wikipedia article on Franchino Gaffurio.

List of choral works

• Hic est dies verus Dei
• Sanctus

 
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Publications

• Theorica musicae (1492)
• Practica musicae (1496)
• De harmonia musicorum instrumentorum opus (1518).

External links

Works by Franchino Gaffurio in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)