Giovanni Antonio Cangiasi

Giovanni Antonio Cangiasi (Milano, second half sixteenth century – 1614 or shortly after) was an Italian composer.

Biography and career

Born in Milano, Cangiasi was a Franciscan friar. He was an organist at Vercelli cathedral from 1588 to 1590 at least, then, in 1602, at San Francesco in Milan. In 1607 and 1611 he was at the Franciscan abbey in Locarno. In 1614 he become organist at the Chiesa maggiore in Castelnuovo Scrivia. He died presumably in 1614 or shortly after.

Works

• Sacrae cantiones
• Psalmodia
• Melodia sacra
• Li ariosi Magnificat a 8 voci, Milano 1590 (lost)
• Il secondo libro delle canzonette a tre voci, Milano 1602
• Scherzi forastieri per suonare a quattro voci, Milano 1614

References

Sources

• Fenlon, Iain (2001). "Cangiasi, Giovanni Antonio, in Grove Music Online".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Baldi, Stefano. La musica nella cattedrale di Vercelli tra controriforma ed età moderna. Atti del XII convegno internazionale sulla musica italiana nei secoli XVII-XVIII, Brescia 14-16 Luglio 2003, a cura di A. Colzani, A. Luppi, M. Padoan. Contributi musicologici del centro ricerche dell'A.M.I.S. Como 2006.

External links

• Free scores by Giovanni Antonio Cangiasi at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)