Salamone Rossi
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Salamone Rossi or Salomone Rossi was an Italian Jewish violinist and composer. He was a transitional figure between the late Italian Renaissance period and early Baroque.
Opening of Rossi's Madrigaletti, Venice, 1628
The War of the Mantuan Succession, 1628 to 1631, was caused by the death in December 1627 of Vincenzo II, last Gonzaga ruler of Mantua and Montferrat. This led to a proxy war between the French-backed
Salamone Rossi
…for Francesco Gonzaga in 1608. Europa disappeared after the end of the Gonzaga court and subsequent sack of the ghetto. Rossi himself died during the War of the Mantuan Succession, probably either during the invasion of Austrian troops, who defeated the Gonzagas and destroyed the Jewish ghetto in Mantua, or in the subsequent…
Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers
Vincenco II, whose death in December 1627 sparked the war
French chief minister Cardinal Richelieu; the war ultimately proved a major foreign policy success for France
Siege of Casale Monferrato, 1630