Background
Gian Battista Frizzoni was born to Giovanni Frizzoni, a Reformed minister, and his wife Maria Zuan.
Gian Battista Frizzoni was born to Giovanni Frizzoni, a Reformed minister, and his wife Maria Zuan.
He studied theology in Geneva in 1746 and in Zurich in 1747.
He was admitted to the synod in 1748 and became a minister to Bondo. He served as minister in Bondo until 1758, when his status was revoked on account of his Pietist sympathies. He returned to Celerina, his hometown, where he served as minister until his death in 1800.
During this time as a minister in Celerina, he wrote a number of the hymns and composed music for which he is best known.