Giovan Battista Girolami (1702-1786)
- Messa in Re maggiore
Performers: Soloists, choir and orchestra 'Duomo di Castelnuovo di Garfagnana'; Luca Bacci (conductor)
Further info: Giovan Battista Girolami (1702-1786) - Messa da Requiem
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Italian priest, organist and composer. He was the son of Giovanni Luca
Girolami and brother of Carlo Antonio Girolami who was the first of the
family to move to Castelnuovo Garfagnana in the province of Lucca,
where, in 1728 he married Chiara Teresa, daughter of Cristoforo
Pieracchi. The descendents were related with the Counts of Carli
Girolami the Marquesses of Gargioli Malaspina of Reggio Emilia. Giovan
Battista Girolami was ordained a priest in 1724, and in 1763 he became
the maestro di cappella at the cathedral in Castelnuovo. He was
pensioned in 1784. His music is mostly unknown, but it mainly consists
of sacred works, including several Masses (and Mass movements), an
unfinished Messa da requiem (c.1775), and numerous smaller compositions.
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