Alessandro Melani (1639-1703)
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Performers: Concerto Italiano; Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)
Further info: Melani - Mottetti
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Italian composer. Brother of Jacopo Melani (1623-1676) and Atto Melani
(1626-1714), he sang at Pistoia Cathedral (1650-60) and then served as
maestro di cappella in Orvieto and Ferrara. In 1667 he succeeded his
brother Jacopo as maestro di cappella of Pistoia Cathedral, but later
that year went to Rome to take up that position at Santa Maria Maggiore;
in 1672 he obtained the same position at San Luigi dei Francesi, which
he held until his death. In Rome he enjoyed the favourable conditions of
the Rospigliosi papacy, who paid for an opera at the 1668 carnival, and
the patronage of Ferdinando de’ Medici, his name appearing among
'celebrated professors of music protected by the Prince of Tuscany' in
1695, and of Francesco II d'Este, who in 1690 commissioned an oratorio
from him. As a composer, he wrote several operas, oratorios, motets, and
cantatas. He also collaborated with Bernardo Pasquini and Alessandro
Scarlatti.
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