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Name
  
Pietro Bencini

Role
  
Composer

Died
  
July 6, 1755


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Pietro Paolo Bencini (ca. 1670 – 6 July 1755) was an Italian Baroque composer and Kapellmeister.

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Life

Bencini was born into a musical family. He became maestro di cappella at several churches in Rome. His compositional output consists mostly of religious music, including several oratorios and cantatas. He was maestro di cappella at the Chiesa Nuova (The Roman Oratory) from 1705 to 1743. He left there to succeed Pitoni at St. Peter's.

Selected works

  • Il sacrificio di Abramo (oratorio, libretto by Giacomo Buonaccorsi)
  • Tra l'ombre piu romite (cantata)
  • Rimembranza crudele (cantata)
  • Clori che m'invaghi (cantata)
  • Jesu redemptor omnium (Christmas hymn)
  • References

    Pietro Paolo Bencini Wikipedia


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