Lodovico Balbi

Ludovico Balbi (c. 1545 – 1604) Ludovico Balbi was a Venetian singer, composer, and maestro di cappella active across the Veneto in the later 16th century. Born in Venice around 1545, he studied in Padua with Costanzo Porta, then entered the professional world of elite church music as a singer at San Marco in Venice from about 1570 to 1578. Around the end of that period he became maestro di cappella at S. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice, and