Giovanni Battista Conforti

This Italian composer, theorist and singer was primarily known for his singing abilities and theoretical elaborations. His main theoretical function discusses the conventions utilized by the music artists of his time with a explanation of common intervals, cadences and ornamentation. Conforti obviously indicated adjustments that may be created by different performers when executing “passagi” (embellished passages) and he also indicated which kind of passagi had been suitable for particular vertical harmonies. In the nontheoretical areas of his legacy, Conforti redacted compilations of psalms, motets, antiphonal parts aswell as agreements for Magnificats.