Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi
c.1556 - 1609
Italy
Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (c.1554 - 04/01/1609), an Italian composer, born in Caravaggio. Gastoldi was in the chapel of the Gonzaga family in Mantua, eventually as maestro di cappella( succeeding Giaches de Wert) from 1572 until 1608; then probably moved to Milan. Among his compositions are madrigals, a variety of sacred vocal music, and a small amount of instrumental music. Most prominent and influential, however, are his two sets of balletti, strophic vocal dance-songs with passages of nonsense syllables. These were often reprinted, widely known, and much imitated, especially outside Italy (e.g., by Thomas Morley). He died in Cremona.
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Contributor: | Tassos Dimitriadis (picture) |
Officium defunctorum integrum
Period: | Late Renaissance |
Composed in: | 1607 |
Musical form: | mass |
Text/libretto: | Latin mass |
Officium defunctorum integrum, composed in 1607, for 4 voices.
Musical form and text: Latin mass, complete text.
Source: | Bärenreiter's Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik |
Contributor: | Hermann Puchta |