Lodovico Zacconi

Lodovico Zacconi
Background information
Born(1555-06-11)11 June 1555
Pesaro, Italy
Died23 March 1627(1627-03-23) (aged 71)
Pesaro, Italy
GenresBaroque
OccupationComposer

Lodovico (or Ludovico) Zacconi (11 June 1555 – 23 March 1627)[1] was an Italian composer and musical theorist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He worked as a singer, theologian, and writer on music in northern Italy and Austria; for a time he was in the employ of Archduke Karl of Graz, and worked in Graz and Vienna.

  1. ^ Slonimsky, Nicolas (1978). "Zacconi, Lodovico". Baker's Biographical dictionary of musicians (6th ed.). New York: Schirmer Books. p. 1933. ISBN 0-02-870240-9.