Ludovico Grossi Da Viadana

Alternative Names: Viadana, Lodovico
Birth Year: 1560
Death Year: 1627
Notes: Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (usually Lodovico Viadana, though his family name was Grossi, Italian composer, teacher, and Franciscan friar of the Order of Friars Minor Observants. He was the first significant figure to make use of the newly developed technique of figured bass, one of the musical devices which was to define the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras in music.

Compositions:

Title Alternate Title(s)
Exultate Justi In Domino Triumph and Rejoice in the Lord