Bernabei, Ercole

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Bernabei, Ercole

Bernabei, Ercole, Italian composer, father of Giuseppe Antonio Bernabei; b. Caprarola, Papal States, 1622; d. Munich (buried), Dec. 6, 1687. He was a pupil of Orazio Benevoli, whom he succeeded in 1672 as chapel master at the Vatican; in 1674 he became court conductor in Munich. He wrote 5 operas, which were produced in Munich, and publ. a book of madrigals, Concerto madrigalesco (1669). Other works include masses, offertories, Psalms, and other sacred music.

Bibliography

R. Casimiri, E. B., Maestro di cappella musicale later-anse (Rome, 1920); R. de Rensis, E. B. (Rome, 1920).

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