Lodovico Roncalli was an Italian count and amateur guitarist who composed the significant Baroque guitar collection "Capricci Armonici sopra la Chitarra Spagnola" published in 1692. This collection contains dance suites and is valuable for its detailed notation of performance practices, ornamentation, and strumming patterns of the period. The "Sonate VII" with its prelude demonstrates the transition between Renaissance and Baroque guitar styles.