Composer · b 1535 - d 1596
Pietro Ponzio
Biography
Pietro Ponzio, also known as Pietro Pontio, was an Italian Renaissance composer and music theorist born in Parma in 1535. He held important church appointments, including periods in Bergamo, Milan and Parma, and wrote sacred vocal music alongside influential theoretical treatises. His writings address counterpoint, composition and musical practice. He died in Parma in 1596. His Ave maris stella is included in Mater Alma.