Girolamo Cavazzoni [Hieronimo d'Urbino]

(ca. 1520 - ca.1577)


Italian composer. Son of Marco Antonio Cavazzoni . Worked in Mantua from at least 1565 until 1577, supervising the construction of the organ at S. Barbara and then serving as organist there. Wrote mostly for keyboard: ricercars, two canzonas (arrangements of chansons by Josquin and Passereau); three Masses, four Magnificats, and twelve hymns based on chant and designed for alternatim performance; also two somewhat shorter ensemble ricercars.





IVE: Music for Organ and Lute