Giovanni G. Gastoldi

Giovanni G. Gastoldi
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Short Name: Giovanni G. Gastoldi
Full Name: Gastoldi, Giovanni Giacomo, fl. 1582-1609
Birth Year (est.): 1554
Death Year: 1609

Giovanni G. Gastoldi (b. 1582; d. 1609) served as a deacon and singer in the chapel of the Gonzaga family in Mantua. Succeeding Giaches de Wert, he directed music in the Church of Santa Barbaras in Mantua from 1592 to 1608. Little is known about the rest of his life. Gastoldi composed a considerable body of court music, such as madrigals, and some church music, but he is best known for his Balletti, which influenced composers such as Monteverdi, Hassler, and Morley.

Bert Polman


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