(Jo-van’-ne Gas-tol’-de) c. 1550s–1622 Italian composer Gastoldi spent much of his career in Mantua, where in the early 1590s he composed music for a production of Battista Guarini’s famous play, Il pastor fido (‘The Faithful Shepherd’); although the production was scrapped, Gastoldi published some of his music in 1602. He is best known, however, for his ballettos ...
of the theoretical bases of early experiments in opera. Recommended Recording: La Serenissima: Lute Music in Venice 1500–1600, Jakob Lindberg (BIS) Introduction | Renaissance | Classical Personalities | Giovanni Gastoldi | Renaissance | Classical ...
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