- Cesario Gussago
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Cesario Gussago (fl.1599-1612) was an Italian musician and composer of the late Renaissance era. He studied philosophy and theology at the University of Pavia and served as church organist in Brescia at Santa Maria della Grazia. In 1608 he published a collection of sonatas in the canzona style of the late 16th Century, titled Sonate a quattro sei et otto.[1]
Works
Selected works include:
- Canzona a 4 "La Bottaga"
- Sonata la Facca a 6
- Sonata la Fontana
- Sonata la Luzzara
- Sonata la Mallonia
- Sonata la Porcelaga
- Sonata la Squizzerotta
- Sonata la Terza
- Sonata la Facca[2]
References
- ^ Carter, Tim; Butt, John (2005). The Cambridge history of seventeenth-century music. Cambridge University Press. http://books.google.com/books?id=mHJvKVq0vXoC&pg=PA490&dq=Cesario+Gussago+(1599-1612)&hl=en&ei=HWRYTo_1HoTj0QGvzLyLDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Cesario%20Gussago%20(1599-1612)&f=false. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ^ "Cesario Gussago". Presto Classical. http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/c/Gussago.
Categories:- Renaissance composers
- Italian composers
- 1590s births
- 1610s deaths
- Italian musicians
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