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Originally Posted by Zetetic
Gesualdo!
(for the record, this is my first post that's just a composer's name followed by an exclamation mark. Generally I get annoyed when I see other people doing that, but memories of singing Gesualdo madrigals prompted this outburst. Sorry)
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Gesualdo's hard to beat. His sense of chromaticism is really wonderful, and a great example for contemporary composers who want to work in a less-dissonant idiom.