Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni [SEP] place of birth
Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni
Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (Rieti, 18 March 1657 – Rome, 1 February 1743) was an Italian organist and composer. He became one of the leading musicians in Rome during the late Baroque era, the first half of the 18th century.
Life.
Taken to Rome as an infant, he began vocal study with Pompeo Natali at the age of five and sang in the choir of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini from age eight. At Santi Apostoli he sang and studied counterpoint with Francesco Foggia, where
Ottavio
Ottavio, the Italian form of Octavius, may refer to:
- Ottavio Leoni, Italian painter
- Ottavio Rinuccini (1562–1621), Italian composer
- Ottavio Piccolomini, (1599–1656), Italian nobleman and general
- Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (1657–1734), Italian composer
- Ottavio Cinquanta, the President of the International Skating Union
- Don Ottavio, a character in Mozart's opera "Don Giovanni"
- One of the male innamorati of the commedia