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Information on his early life is scarce. He was born in Verona , lived in Rome in 1582 in the service of Cardinal Filippo Boncompagni, and then in the next year traveled throughout Calabria , probably looking for a job as an organist. In 1584 and 1585 he held a series of part-time posts at various churches in Rome. Orvieto Cathedral hired him in 1587 , but he did not stay long, returning to Verona in 1589 . In the early 1590s he returned to Rome for reasons unknown, and died there. Bellasio published five books of madrigals, in a well-crafted, conservative and Contrapuntal idiom. In addition he wrote a book of Villanelle which included a part for Lute , as well as a group of Canzonetta s. The lack of sacred music in his output is striking, especially for a Roman at the end of the 16th Century , though perhaps some of his music has not survived. |