Domenico Mazzocchi
born in November 1592 in Veja, presso Civita Castellana, Lazio, Italy
died on 21/1/1665 in Roma, Latium, Italy
Domenico Mazzocchi
Domenico Mazzocchi (159221 January 1665, aged 72) was an Italian Baroque composer of the generation after Claudio Monteverdi. He was a composer of only vocal music, motets, oratorios and madrigals which have continuo, similar to the late Monteverdi.
He is associated with providing music for the popes, particularly Cardinal Maffeo Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII.
His younger brother Virgilio Mazzocchi was also a Roman composer who had a similar career as a Vatican music provider.
Works
Operas
- La catena d'Adone (1626)
References
- Entry under Domenico Mazzocchi in the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
- Cardinali A., 1926, Cenni biografici di Domenico e Virgilio Mazzocchi.
External links
- Free scores by Domenico Mazzocchi in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
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