Background
Girolamo Beli was born in 1522 in Argenta, Italy.
Girolamo Beli was born in 1522 in Argenta, Italy.
Belli received some of his early music education from Luzzasco Luzzaschi.
In his youth he went to Mantua, to sing in the Duke's private court establishment, and later he went to Rome. Around 1580 he went to Ferrara and there he began to write madrigals in the pre-Baroque. During the late 1580s he may have worked again for the Gonzagas in Mantua.