Michelagnolo/Michelangelo Galilei was born
in 1575 as the second son of the influential
music theoretician Vincenzo Galilei
and was the younger brother of Galileo Galilei.
Michelangelo,
who was considered a musical
prodigy during his youth, embarked on the career
of a professional lutenist and, following several stations
in Poland and Lithuania, entered the service
of the Court Orchestra of Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria
in Munich on 16 February 1607. Axel Wolf
presents here Galilei’s Primo libro d´intavolatura di
liuto, Munich
1620.