Pietro Gnocchi

Composer

1689 – 1775

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Who was Pietro Gnocchi?

Pietro Gnocchi was an Italian composer, choir director, historian, and geographer of the late Baroque era, active mainly in Brescia, where he was choir director of Brescia Cathedral. In addition to composing an abundance of eccentrically-titled sacred music, all of which remains in manuscript, he wrote a 25-volume history of ancient Greek colonies.

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Born
Feb 27, 1689
Italy
Died
Dec 9, 1775
Brescia

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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