Giovanni Battista Dalla Gostena

Giovanni Battista dalla Gostena spent much of his professional life as maestro di cappella of the Cathedral in Genoa, the city of his birth. Presumably born around 1540, he became chapel master from perhaps as early as 1572 and remained there until his death in December 1590. Like most maestri di cappella, he would have been expected to provide new music of his own composition for liturgical use when needed, and like numerous others, applied his skills of musical invention to areas beyond the requirements of his ecclesiastical duties.