Giovanni Martino Cesare


Giovanni Martino Cesare was a composer and cornett player.
By 1611 he resided as cornetto player at the house of Charles, Margrave of Burgau at Günzburg, near Augsburg. In 1615 he became an employee of Duke Maximilian of Bavaria as a cornettist, where he wrote his best known collection Musicali melodie. It contains 14 instrumental canzonas of one to six parts with continuo, and 14 motets.