Artist Info: Antonio Troilo

Little is known of Antonio Troilo, but he may quite possibly have been a cornetto player. He came from Verona and worked in nearby Vicenza in the early decades of the seventeenth century. Only two collections of his instrumental music have survived. The five-part canzona is from his 1606 Il Primo libro delle canzoni da sonare…that includes both four and five part works. His Sinfonie, scherzi, Ricercari, capricci et fantasie a due voci, a collection of two-part music published in 1608, shows the composer in a wide variety of musical styles. [read more...]