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  "slug": "carlo-gesualdo",
  "name": "Carlo Gesualdo",
  "description": "Carlo Gesualdo appears once in our Renaissance list, placing as high as No. 5. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/carlo-gesualdo/",
  "appearanceCount": 1,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1611,
    "last": 1611
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 5,
    "list": "Renaissance"
  },
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      "slug": "renaissance",
      "name": "Renaissance",
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    }
  ],
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      "trackKey": "carlo-gesualdo--tenebrae-responsories",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/carlo-gesualdo--tenebrae-responsories/",
      "title": "Tenebrae Responsories",
      "year": 1611,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Harmonically so strange that the twentieth century assumed it was a mistake. Written by a nobleman who had murdered his wife and her lover, which the music does very little to hide.",
      "alsoOn": [],
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          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Carlo%20Gesualdo%20Tenebrae%20Responsories",
          "exact": false
        },
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          "exact": true
        }
      },
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        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/renaissance/"
      },
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    }
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}