Domenico Mazzocchi
Baroque music, Composer
1592 – 1665
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Who was Domenico Mazzocchi?
Domenico Mazzocchi 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.
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- Born
- Nov 8, 1592
Civita Castellana - Also known as
- Mazzocchi, Domenico
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Italy
- Profession
- Died
- Jan 21, 1665
Rome
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on July 23, 2013
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