Giovanni Battista Ala (c. 1598-c.1630)[1] was an Italian organist and composer. Little is known of his life,[1] but Filippo Picinelli praised him as an "excellent organist" and a "stupendous composer" in his Ateneo dei letterati milanesi (1670).[2]

He was born at Monza and died at age 32, though his exact dates are uncertain. He was the organist of the Church dei Servitori [it], in Milan, and composer of canzonets, madrigals, and operas (Milan, 1617, 1625), Concerti ecclesiastici (Milan, 1618, 1621, 1628), and several motets in the Pratum musicum (Antwerp, 1634).

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  1. ^ a b Donà, Mariangela (2001). "Ala, Giovanni Battista". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5.
  2. ^ Filippo Picinelli, Ateneo dei letterati milanesi p. 269

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