Giovanni Angelo Testagrossa

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Giovanni Angelo Testagrossa (9 April 1470 – December 1530) was an Italian lutenist

and singer. He was born in Pavia and worked in Milan, Mantua, Ferrara and many other cities. Testagrossa was a renowned teacher; his pupils included Isabella d'Este. A long-standing hypothesis that Testagrossa taught Francesco Canova da Milano is now considered unlikely to be true (Wilson, 1997, citing Franco Pavan). None of Testagrossa's compositions survive.

References

  • {{Cite Grove |last=Ness |first=Arthur J. |title=Giovanni Angelo Testagrossa}}
  • Wilson, Christopher. 1997. Comments on the 1997 The Francesco da Milano International Symposium. [http://users.unimi.it/~fodella/seminar.html#Wilson Available online.]

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Category:Composers for lute

Category:15th-century Italian composers

Category:16th-century Italian composers

Category:Italian male composers

Category:Italian lutenists

Category:Musicians from Pavia

Category:1470 births

Category:1530 deaths

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