Donato Baldassare

Donato Baldassare

1525 - 1603
Italia Italia
Baldassare Donato (also Donati) (1525-1530 ? June 1603) was an Italian composer and singer of the Venetian school of the late Renaissance. He was maestro di cappella of the prestigious St. Mark's Basilica at the end of the 16th century, and was an important figure in the development of Italian light secular music, especially the villanella. Details of his early life are unavailable; it is not even known where he was born. The first record of Donato is as a singer at St. Mark's in Venice in 1550... (Read more)

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