Ludovico Balbi -also: Lodovico Balbi- (c.1545 - 01-15/12/1604), an Italian composer (born in Venice); pupil of Costanzo Porta, chapel master of the Santo di Padoa. From 1570 to 1578 he was a singer at St. Marco, Venice. He was then appointed maestro di cappella of St. Maria Gloriosa del Frari, later he was maestro di cappella of the Cappella Antoniana in Padua and then maestro di cappella at Treviso Cathedral. He was granted an honorary degree, maestro dell'ordine, denoting particular skill exercised over a long period.