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Paolo Quagliati
Paolo Quagliati (c. 1555 – 16 November 1628) was an Italian composer of the early Baroque era and a member of the Roman School of composers. He was a transitional figure between the late Renaissance style and the earliest Baroque and was one of the first to write solo madrigals in the conservative musical center of Rome.
Life.
Quagliati was born in Chioggia to an aristocratic family. Most of his life he spent in the service of various royal and aristocratic families. In 1594 he became a Roman
Paolo Quagliati, performed in Rome in 1606 and printed in 1611), and "La valle rinverdita" (written in celebration of the birth of his first child in 1629, now lost).
Works.
- "Il Carro di Fideltà d’amore" (music by Paolo Quagliati), Robletti, Roma, 1611.
- "Funeral Oration on his Wife Maani", whose remains he brought with him to Rome and buried there (1627)
- "Account of Shah Abbas" (1628)