Lelio Colista [SEP] place of death
Lelio Colista
Lelio Colista (13 January 1629, Rome – 13 October 1680, Rome) was an Italian Baroque composer, lutenist, and guitarist.
Funded by his father, who held an important position in the Vatican Library, Colista early received an excellent musical education, probably at the "Seminario Romano". He mastered several instruments, especially the lute, guitar, and theorbo. Already at the age of 30, he held a lucrative post of "custode delle pittore" at the papal chapel. In the
at the Royal Chapel of Naples. He spent some years as the organist of the Spanish Viceroy at Naples.
Sanz learned to play guitar while studying under Lelio Colista and was influenced by the music of the Italian guitarists Foscarini, Granata, and Corbetta. When Sanz returned to Spain he was appointed instructor of guitar to Don Juan (John of Austria), the illegitimate son of King Philip IV and María Calderón, a noted actress of the day.
In 1674 he wrote his now famous "Instrucción de Música sobre