Giorgio Mireau

fl. 1549-1575†

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Biography

Originaire de Cambrai, Giorgio Mireau ou Mireo ou Mirreo fut maestro di cappella à la cathdrale d'Assise (1549-50) puis à celle de Pérouse, où il fut d'abord chanteur (1550-1551) puis maestro di cappella, d'octobre 1551 à sa mort en février 1575 (Morelli 2009, p. 299, d'après Brumana & Ciliberti 1991, p. 46-53).

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  • Roles

    Choirmaster
    Master of choirboys
    Member of a church (musician)

  • Gender

    Male

Events

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4 in database

Geographical origins

Cambrai (France)

Musical position

Choirmaster
1549/1550
Assisi (Italy)


Institution: Duomo di Assisi, Assisi (Italy)

Musical position

Member of a church (musician)
1550/1551
Perugia (Italy)


Institution: Duomo di Perugia, Perugia (Italy)

Musical position

Master of choirboys
1551/1575
Perugia (Italy)


Institution: Duomo di Perugia, Perugia (Italy)

Death

1575-02
Perugia (Italy)


Institution: Duomo di Perugia, Perugia (Italy)

Variant names

Georges ; Georgius ; Mireo ; Mirreo

Associated people

No associated person.

Bibliography

[Brumana & Ciliberti 1991]

Brumana, B. et Ciliberti, G., 1991, Musica e musicisti nella Cattedrale di S. Lorenzo a Perugia (XIV-XVIII secolo), Firenze http://www.sudoc.fr/045419663.
(pp. 46-53)

[Morelli 2009]

Morelli, A., 2009, «Galli cantant». Maestri di cappella francesi in uno sconosciuto manoscritto di metà Cinquecento, dans G. Filocamo et M. J. Bloxam (éd.), Uno gentile et subtile ingenio: Studies in Renaissance Music in Honour of Bonnie Blackburn, Turnhout http://www.sudoc.fr/137597460.

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