Valerio Bona

Valerio Bona or Buona (c. 1560 – c. 1620) was an Italian composer of the early Baroque; he was also a Franciscan friar.

Little is known about his life.

He appears to have spent time in Milan and Verona, and may have been a student of Costanzo Porta.

His theoretical Regole del contraponto of 1595 was influenced by Gioseffo Zarlino.

His musical works include masses and canzonas.

Essempi delli passaggi delle consonanze et dissonanze , 1596