Carlo Gesualdo
After returning to his castle at Gesualdo from Ferrara in 1597, he tried to make the town famous for music.  He invited some of Italy’s most famous musicians to come and work for him.  Since he was very rich he could afford to do this.  However, the music making only took place in his castle (printing with Giovanni Giacomo Carlino).  Gesualdo spent the last years of his life doing nothing except music.  He hardly ever left his castle.