Eustachio Romano (also known as Eustachius de Macionibus) was a 16th Century Italian composer. His Musica duorum was issued in Rome in 1521. Eustachio, who was a nobleman as well as a composer, dedicated this volume to the future Pope Julius III, offering these small chamber works to refresh the prelate's spirits when he tired of weightier studies. These light, playful duos were collected in the first publication ever devoted entirely to music for instrumental ensemble. Although viols are not mentioned on his title-page, the compositions are well suited to performance by a viol duet. In style the pieces belong to the tradition of the two-part mass movements of Josquin and his contemporaries often copied out without text for instrumental performance. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Eustachio+Romano">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.