Francesco Spinacino
(late 15th C - after 1507)
Italian lutenist and composer, who
probably worked in Venice. 
His two books of
Intavolatura
for lute, issued by
Petrucci
in 1507, of which an example from the first page is to the left, were the first publication of their kind; it contains possibly the earliest use of the term 'ricercar', applied to
the nonpolyphonic preludes Spinacino provides for his
transcriptions of chansons and motets. These arrangements
contain many features that were to become characteristic of
lute music throughout the sixteenth century.