Giovanni Battista Conforti

Giovanni Battista Conforti (fl. 1550–1570) was an Italian composer, born either in Bologna or Parma. In the dedication to his
Primo libro de ricercari a quattro voci (Valerio Dorico, Rome, 1558) he says that he "owes much" to Cardinal Niccolò Caetani of
Sermoneta, for whom he had probably worked inRome.[1]

Conforti's Madrigali, libro primo (Venice, 1567), which Claudio Merulo supposedly edited, printed, and published, is dedicated to
Anselmo Dandino, the abbot of San Bartolomeo in Ferrara. This work includes a piece, S'hoggi son senz 'honor, written in honor of
Adrian Willaert, suggesting that Conforti was connected with Venice and the musicians of St Mark's Basilica. Conforti's ricercari are
well respected for their use ofidiomatic writing for a number of instruments.[1]

References
Carol MacClintock, Iain Fenlon. "Giovanni Battista Conforti",Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed July 23,
2006), grovemusic.com (subscription access).

Notes
1. Grove

External links
Free scores by Giovanni Battista Confortiin the Choral Public Domain Library(ChoralWiki)

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