Giovanni Maria Trabaci

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Giovanni Maria Trabaci (c. 1575 – December 31, 1647) was an Italian composer and organist in the Early Baroque era.

Born in Montepeloso, near Potenza, Trabaci served as organist of the Oratorio dei Filippini in Naples, organist of the royal chapel there and then as its maestro di cappella.

Trabaci was most noted for his keyboard works, which include ricercares, canzonas and toccatas. He also wrote numerous sacred and secular vocal works.

He died in Naples.

From the Naxos web site:

Giovanni Maria Trabaci was one of the most interesting Italian composers of the 17th century. Having started out life as a tenor and organist, and in the latter role held some the most important roles in Italian churches. He was to become a major composer of sacred music, including masses, motets, psalm and hymn settings. Of his personal life we know very little, apart from the fact that he was the benefactor of financial support from the Royal family of Spain, which did allow him the time to devote to writing a modest amount of keyboard scores, also suitable for performance by instrumental ensembles. They demonstrate a composer who was an experimentalist of his time, many of his scores surpassing anything composed to that date.