Talk:Carlo Gesualdo

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[edit] Murderers

There has been research done via the painting with him in it that suggests very, very strongly that not only did he NOT kill the infant, but that the infant never existed, and was just a story made up to make him look worse. I'd not be surprised it this "father-in-law" business was the same thing, just a false tale made to besmirch him. There is good reason to believe that he did indeed feel guilt and agony from these deaths all his life.

I direct you to another site with Gesualdo information: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~rneckmag/gesualdo.html —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.50.115.55 (talk • contribs) .

Yes: there are no records from official sources (as far as I know) for either of these two additional murders. I added another line to that paragraph indicating exactly this. Antandrus (talk) 01:31, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Works

It would be greatly useful to find a catalogue with his books of madrigals. Where can we find it? --Leonardo T. de Oliveira 14:48, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

I can add a works list to the article (I'll put on my to-do list--maybe tonight). In the meantime you can find a complete list at grovemusic.com (subscription access). Unless I hear any objection I'll do the madrigals by book, i.e. I'll list the contents of each book with the publication date. Antandrus (talk) 16:25, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Documents/References

Documentary "Gesualdo - Death for Five Voices" (1995) by Werner Herzog is not mentioned at all. //arl

[edit] Hmm

"...was an Italian music composer, lutenist, nobleman, and murderer of the late Renaissance"

IMO this sounds silly, I'll remove it because the very next sentence mentions the murders anyway, and THEN an entire section. Lethe 11:03, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Birthdate

Could anyone please rectify the sentence about his birthdate? Exact data are found in http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Gesualdo (first sentence of "Biografia"). -- Gprini 12:39, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sexuality

I question the relevance of this to an article about a musician, but the following website claims that Gesualdo dallied with both sexes. Hmmm. I suppose it is rather interesting when one takes into account how much of the article is devoted to scandal and murder, it does make for even more interesting reading:

http://www.musicweb-international.com/gesualdo.htm

I had no idea how to fit it into the article!

21:59, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

I read all of the biographical matter available (Gray/Heseltine, Watkins, Grove) before writing the article, but do not remember seeing any reference to something like this. Unfortunately the author of that website does not give a source (all the other details in his article are correct, as far as I can tell). Interesting ... Antandrus (talk) 22:06, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Gesualdo's Locks

"Gesualdo had arranged with his servants to have the locks of his palace copied in wood so that he could gain entrance if locked." Yes. What does this mean, exactly? How would it help to copy your locks in wood? Should it say 'keys', perhaps, rather than locks?--JO 24 (talk) 18:24, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Hm, while I wrote the article, I didn't add that part. It's obviously wrong as is, and your suggestion is a good one. I don't have the Heseltine book nearby, but what I remember is that he arranged to have the locks seem to latch, but yet be openable from outside; it might have involved another set of keys. Antandrus (talk) 19:03, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
I guess it is meant that a lock's copy made of wood works with the same keys, so one would not easily notice the fraud, but may easily be destroyed when locked. But I can neither confirm nor reject this point, my sources say only that the locks had been corrupted. --FordPrefect42 (talk) 19:14, 30 May 2008 (UTC)