Antonio Maria Pacchioni (baptised 5 July 1654 - 15 July 1738) of

Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...

was a Baroque composer, known for his

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church music. He studied violin technique with Giovanni Maria Bononcini and musical composition with Padre A. Bendinelli.Antonio Maria Pacchioni (it.)
He received holy orders in 1677, which enabled him to become '' maestro di cappella'' of the

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in 1694. His

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s were among the first to be heard publicly in Modena (1677, 1678); of surviving compositions, two were on sacred subjects while a third (1682) concerned the quasi-legendary countess

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. His four-voice ''

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s ''In monte Oliveti'' and ''Velum templi'' have been recorded. Pacchioni also served as vice-maestro and then ''maestro di cappella'' at the

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Rinaldo d'Este (1655–1737) Rinaldo d'Este (26 April 1655 – 26 October 1737) was Duke of Modena, Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1694 until his death, as well as a member of the House of Este. He was succeeded by his son. Biography Born at the Ducal Palace of Modena ...

. Among his pupils was the violinist-composer Tomaso Antonio Vitali.

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