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Francesco Foggia
Francesco Foggia

Francesco Foggia (1604-January 8, 1688) was an Italian composer of the Baroque. Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Baroque music describes an era and a set of styles of European classical music which were in widespread use between approximately 1600 and 1750.

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Foggia was a boy soprano at the Collegium Germanicum of the Jesuits in Rome, and was a student of Antonio Cifra, Giovanni Maria Nanino and Paolo Agostini. A boy soprano is a young male singer with an unchanged voice in the Soprano range The Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum or simply Collegium Germanicum is a German-speaking Seminary for Roman Catholic priests in Rome The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Antonio Cifra (1584 &ndash October 2, 1629) was an Italian composer of the Roman School of the Renaissance and early Baroque Giovanni Maria Nanino (also Nanini; 1543 or 1544 – March 11, 1607) was an Italian Composer and teacher of the late Renaissance. Paolo Agostino (or Agostini; Augustinus in Latin; c 1583-1629 was an Italian Composer and organist of the early Later, he was probably employed at the court of the Bavarian Elector Maximilian I in Munich and then again in Vienna. Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 Maximilian I may refer to Maximilian I Emperor of Mexico Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I Duke of Bavaria Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria.

He served in various churches in Rome as an organist. From October 1634 he served for two years at the chapel of St. Mary in Travestere; from December 1646 to 1662 he was Kapellmeister of the Patriarchal Basilica of St. John Lateran. Kapellmeister (kəˈpɛlˌmaɪstər is a German word designating a person in charge of music-making The Latin word basilica (derived from Greek, Basiliké Stoà, Royal Stoa) was originally used to describe a Roman The Basilica of St John Lateran ( Italian: Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano) is the Cathedral of the church of Rome and the official In 1667, while musical director of the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Damaso, he published a collection, Psalmodia Vespertina, containing psalms, Magnificats, and Marian antiphons. San Lorenzo in Damaso ( Saint Lawrence in the House of Damasus) is a Basilica church in Rome, one of several dedicated to the Roman deacon Psalms ( Hebrew: Tehilim, תהילים, or "praises" is a book of the Hebrew Bible (the Christian Old Testament) included The Magnificat (also known as the Song of Mary) is a Canticle frequently sung (or spoken liturgically in Christian church services Marian antiphons are a group of sacred devotional songs in the Gregorian chant repertory of the Roman Catholic Church sung in honor of the Virgin Mary. From 1677 until his death, he was a cantor at the papal basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome; his son Antonio succeeded him in this position. The Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (its Italian name known in English also as St Mary Major, is an ancient Catholic Basilica of Rome

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Persondata
NAME Foggia, Francesco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Italian composer of the Baroque
DATE OF BIRTH 1604
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH 1688-01-08
PLACE OF DEATH
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