1556–1609

Introduction

Born: Circa 1556, Ca­ra­vag­gio, Lom­bar­dy.

Died: Jan­ua­ry 4, 1609.

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Biography

A com­pos­er, Gas­tol­di was in the cha­pel of the Gon­za­ga fa­mi­ly in Man­tua, ev­en­tu­al­ly as maes­tro di ca­pel­la (1572–1608), then prob­ab­ly moved to Mi­lan.

Most in­flu­en­tial are his bal­let­ti, stro­phic vo­cal dance-songs with pas­sages of non­sense syl­la­bles. These were oft­en re­print­ed and much imi­tat­ed, as by Clau­dio Mon­te­ver­di and Tho­mas Mor­ley.

Works

Sources

Music

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