Giovanni Angelo Testagrossa

Giovanni Angelo Testagrossa (9 April 1470 – December 1530) was an Italian lutenist and singer. He was born in Pavia and worked in Milan, Mantua, Ferrara and many other cities. Testagrossa was a renowned teacher; his pupils included Isabella d'Este. A long-standing hypothesis that Testagrossa taught Francesco Canova da Milano is now considered unlikely to be true (Wilson, 1997, citing Franco Pavan). None of Testagrossa's compositions survive.

References

Ness, Arthur J. "Giovanni Angelo Testagrossa". In Macy, Laura. Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. (subscription required)
Wilson, Christopher. 1997. Comments on the 1997 The Francesco da Milano International Symposium. Available online.

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