Francesco Rasi
Francesco Rasi was born on May 14, 1574. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Francesco Rasi
Francesco Rasi (14 May 1574 – 30 November 1621) was a Tuscan composer, singer (tenor), chitarrone player and poet. Rasi was born in Arezzo. He studied at the University of Pisa and in 1594 he was studying with Giulio Caccini. He may have been in Carlo Gesualdo's retinue when he went to Ferrara for his wedding in 1594. In 1598 he joined the court of Duke Vincent I in Mantua, and probably served the Gonzaga family the rest of his life, with whom he travelled all over Italy and as far afield as Poland. He sang in the first performances of Jacopo Peri's Euridice and Caccini's Il rapimento di…