Background
Gastoldi was born at Caravaggio, Lombardy.
Gastoldi was born at Caravaggio, Lombardy.
He is known for his 1591 publication of balletti for five voices. In 1592 he succeeded Giaches de Wert as choirmaster at Santa Barbara"s, and served until 1605 under the Dukes Guglielmo and Vincenzo Gonzaga. According to Filippo Lomazzo, Gastoldi became choirmaster at the Duomo, Milan, afterwards, but other considerations seem to make this point doubtful.