Alessandro Melani (1639-1703) - Magnificat à 8

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Composer: Alessandro Melani (1639-1703)
Work: Magnificat à 8
Performers: Concerto Italiano; Rinaldo Alеssаndrini (conductor)

Painting: Isaac de Moucheron (1667-1744) - Rome, a view of the Vatican, with the Sistine Chapel and Saint Peter's Basilica, from the Janiculum
HD image: https://flic.kr/p/2rUVshy
Drawing: Giacinto Gimignani (1606-1681) - Christ and the Virgin with Patron Saints of Pistoia
HD image: https://flic.kr/p/2rTRfWV

Further info: https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/9587759
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Alessandro Melani [Milani]
(Pistoia, 4 February 1639 - Rome, 3 October 1703)

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.