Cesario Gussago ( fl. 1599-1612) was an Italian priest, musician and composer of the late

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era. He studied philosophy and theology at the

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and served as church organist in

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. In 1599 he was Vicar-General of the Order of S. Gerolamo in Brescia. In 1608 he published a collection of sonatas in the canzona style of the late 16th century, titled ''Sonate a quattro sei et otto''.

Works

Selected works include: *''1. La Cornala a4'' *''2. La Fontana a4'' *''3. La Faustinella a4'' *''4. La Rizza a4'' *''5. La Schilina a4'' *''6. La Mallonia a4'' *''7. La Squizzerotta a4'' *''8. La Bottana a4'' *''9. La Zonta a4'' *''10. La Nicolina a4'' *''11. La Marina a6'' *''12. L'Angioletta a6'' *''13. La Badina a6'' *''14. La Facca a6'' *''15. L'Onofria a8'' *''16. La Tonina a8'' *''17. La Terza a8'' *''18. La Porcelaga a8'' *''19. La Leona a8'' *''20. La Luzzara a8'' *''21. Anima mea liquefacta est a 8'' *''22. Fili ego Salomon a 8'' *''23. Ad te Domine levavi a 8'' *''24. Confitebor tibi Domine a 8'' *''25. Exultavit cor meum in Domino a 8'' *''26. Cantemus Domino a 8'' *''27. Salvum me fac Deus a 8'' *''28. Confitemini Domino a 8''

References

External links

* http://imslp.org/wiki/Gussago,_Cesario * http://www.gardane.info/gardane_compositori.php?autore_id=465 * https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052110/https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=7C9129D365E25EBE&id=7C9129D365E25EBE!14243 * https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/handle/2440/19556 * http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search1?Ntt=gussago Renaissance composers Italian classical composers Italian male classical composers 16th-century births 17th-century deaths Italian musicians {{composer-stub