I would like to start my report by saying that this is not the composer I was originally going to write about. I started by researching all the composers and chose Johannes Brahms because he looked like Santa Claus. I also liked him after reading more about him and listening to one of his works called A German Requiem. However, I was not entirely satisfied and started reading about other composers when I came across Carlo Gesualdo. His story is the most dramatic and shocking that I have read so far and thus caught my attention and prompted me to write my report on him. I would like to start by saying that he was a late Renaissance composer, he wrote very expressive madrigals and also sacred music. He was born in 1560, although this is controversial. He was born in Venosa, a town in the province of Potenza, in the Basilicata region of southern Italy. He was born into privilege, he was born a prince. His family acquired the principality of Venosa in 1560. He had a good childhood and showed an immediate interest in music and began playing the m...