Antonio Gardano (also Antoine Gardane) (1509 – 28 October 1569) was a French-born Italian composer and important music publisher and printer based in Venice.
[1] Gardano arrived in the city as a "musico francese" whose musical compositions had been published in Lyons by Jacques Moderne from 1532.
[3] After his death, his sons Alessandro and Angelo carried on with the activity of the Gardano publishing house, producing more than 1000 more editions of music.
Intabolatura Nova di Balli, a representative collection of 25 pieces published in 1551, includes the preface "dances of various kinds, to be played on the arpicordo, harpsichord, spinet or clavichord, by divers and most excellent composers," but lacks attributions.
The collection contains many of the popular dance forms of the day, including galliards, pavanes and passamezzi.