2 ▁Category : B har ati ya ▁Jan ata ▁Party ▁polit icians ▁from ▁Gu jar at ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : Year ▁of ▁birth ▁missing ▁( l iving ▁people ) <0x0A> </s> ▁Lud ov ico ▁Bal bi ▁( c . ▁ 1 5 4 5 ▁– ▁ 1 6 0 4 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Ven et ian ▁singer ▁and ▁composer , ▁and ▁conduct or . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁pup il ▁of ▁Cost an zo ▁Port a ▁and ▁a ▁cho irm aster ▁at ▁Pad ua . ▁Among ▁his ▁compos itions ▁are ▁masses , ▁mot ets , ▁can z oni , ▁m adr ig als , ▁and ▁others . ▁Sur v iving ▁compos itions ▁date ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁ 1 5 7 0 . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Bal bi ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Ven ice ▁around ▁ 1 5 4 5 . ▁In ▁ 1 5 6 5 , ▁he ▁became ▁a ▁student ▁of ▁the ▁great ▁Italian ▁composer ▁Cost an zo ▁Port a . ▁From ▁ 1 5 7 0 ▁to ▁ 1 5 7 8 , ▁Bal bi ▁sang ▁at ▁St . ▁Mark ' s ▁C athedral ▁and ▁was ▁appointed ▁ma estro ▁di ▁c app ella ▁at ▁the ▁monaster y ▁S . ▁Maria ▁G lor ioso ▁del ▁Fr ari . ▁In ▁ 1 5 8 2 , ▁Bal bi ▁decl ined ▁an ▁offer ▁to ▁be ▁ma estro ▁at ▁Milan ▁C athedral ▁and ▁instead ▁referred ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁under lings , ▁off ending ▁some ▁high - ran king ▁officials ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ▁Church .