Giovanni Maria Sabino

Giovanni Maria Sabino (30 June 1588 – April 1649) was an Italian composer, organist and teacher.

In 1622 he was appointed a teacher at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini, a position he held until 1626.

In 1627 he became maestro de capella at Castel Nuovo, and between 1630 and 1634 was organist at Oratorio di San Filippo, then maestro di cappella at the Santa Casa dell'Annunziata.

He was the teacher of Gregorio Strozzi,[1] and precursor of Giovanni Salvatore and Francesco Provenzale.

He was also the only Southern Italian composer to feature alongside Monteverdi, with 4 motets in Simonetti's publication Ghirlanda Sacra (Venice 1625).