Author: Vincenzo Galilei
Born: c. 1520
Died: 2 July 1591
Bio: An Italian lutenist, composer, and music theorist, and the father of the famous astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei and of the lute virtuoso and composer Michelagnolo Galilei. He was a seminal figure in the musical life of the late Renaissance and contributed significantly to the musical revolution which demarcates the beginning of the Baroque era (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenzo_Galilei>Wikipedia</a>).