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GALILEI (Galilei) Vincenzo (c. 1520, Santa Maria a Monte, near Florence - buried 2 VII 1591, Florence) - Italian composer, lute player, music. theorist, mathematician. Father of the physicist, mechanic and astronomer G. Galileo. He studied music theory at J. Zarlino in Venice, studied the lute in Pisa. From 1572 he lived in Florence. A participant in the Florentine chamber, for which his works, especially the Dialogue on Ancient and New Music (Dialogo della musica antica et della moderna, Firenze, 1581, facsim. Ed. Roma, 1934), had programmatic significance. Antich. Supporter traditions, G. opposed polyphony in wok. to music. He applied the principles of the homophonic style in his written “Song of Count Ugolino” to verses from the “Divine Comedy” by Dante and “The Cry of the Prophet Jeremiah”, which he himself performed accompanied by viols in the house of philanthropist J. Bardi,where the members of the Florentine chamber came together (both compositions were not preserved). G. wrote madrigals (ed. 2 books - 1574, 1587, Venice), plays for lute, viola. In theoretical. works sharply polemicized with supporters of the counterpoint. system.G. discovered valuable muses. Monuments of Dr. Greece, including hymns of the poet Mesomedes.