Musica Fiata Giovanni Martino Cesare (b Udine, ?c1590; d Munich, 6 Feb 1667). Italian composer and cornettist. He and his brother, Giovanni Francesco, were employed in Austria around 1600. On returning to Udine in 1603, they were engaged as trombonists at the cathedral; however, in 1605 Giovanni Martino left the post to return abroad. At the time of his first publication, in 1611, he was a cornettist and a member of the household of the Margrave of Burgau at Günzburg, near Augsburg. In 1610 he was paid by Duke Maximilian of Bavaria for teaching the cornett, and in 1612 he played in the duke's chapel in Munich (it was not uncommon for Augsburg instrumentalists to be called into service there from time to time). In 1615 he entered Maximilian's service in Munich as a cornettist and in 1622 became a member of his household. That he dedicated his last publication (1621) to various members of the Fugger family suggests that he still maintained his connections with Augsburg. Cesare composed both sacred works and instrumental canzonas. His large-scale Magnificat settings and Marian antiphons follow the style of Hans Leo Hassler in the antiphonal treatment of vocal groups and the combination of contrapuntal and homophonic passages. The few-voice motets, which enjoyed considerable popularity and were included in several of the most important anthologies of the time, were more forward-looking: they alternate between duple- and dance-like triple-time sections, make frequent use of <b>...</b>