, ▁who ▁lived ▁and ▁worked ▁entirely ▁in ▁Poland ▁and ▁Lith u ania . ▁ ▁He ▁is ▁known ▁mainly ▁for ▁his ▁instrument al ▁music . ▁ ▁He ▁mixed ▁the ▁style ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁Renaissance ▁with ▁the ▁emer ging ▁Bar o que , ▁and ▁also ▁Italian ▁id i oms ▁with ▁Polish ▁folk ▁material ; ▁and ▁in ▁addition ▁he ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁native - born ▁Italian ▁compos ers ▁to ▁visit ▁Sweden . ▁ ▁Life ▁He ▁was ▁born ▁near ▁Tre vis o ▁between ▁ 1 5 6 0 ▁and ▁ 1 5 6 5 , ▁possibly ▁at ▁Ser rav ale ▁where ▁his ▁father ▁is ▁documented ▁as ▁being ▁a ▁teacher . ▁ ▁Ar ound ▁ 1 5 6 5 ▁his ▁family , ▁who ▁were ▁Protest ants , ▁fled ▁Italy ▁to ▁escape ▁the ▁In quisition , ▁and ▁settled ▁in ▁Poland . ▁ ▁C ato , ▁who ▁had ▁left ▁Italy ▁before ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁five , ▁received ▁all ▁of ▁his ▁musical ▁education ▁in ▁Krak ów , ▁where ▁the ▁family ▁settled . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁record ▁of ▁his ▁employ ment ▁dates ▁from ▁ 1 5 8 8 , ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁h ired ▁as ▁a ▁l uten ist ▁by ▁the ▁court ▁of ▁King ▁Sig ism und ▁III ▁V asa , ▁a ▁position ▁he ▁kept ▁until ▁ 1 5 9 3 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 5 9 1 ▁he ▁wrote ▁music ▁for ▁the ▁wed ding ▁of ▁Jan ▁Kost ka ▁at ▁Ś wie cie ▁castle ; ▁the ▁Kost ka ▁family ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁pat rons ▁of ▁his , ▁since ▁Stanisław