Ercole Bernabei ( Caprarola (Latium), 1622 –

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. In July 1665 Bernabei was appointed '' maestro di cappella'' at the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran. And from 1672 to 1674 he hold this post at the Cappella Giulia in St. Peter's Basilica thanks to the protection of Christina, Queen of Sweden. In Juli 1674 Bernabei and his pupil

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moved to

, where he superseded

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of Ferdinand Maria duke of Bavaria and an elector (Kurfürst) of the Holy Roman Empire. His daughter married another expatriate Italian musician,

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. He was father to the composer Giuseppe Antonio Bernabei (Rome, 1649 – Munich, 9 March 1732). Ercole Bernabei died in Munich on 5 December 1687.

Works

Operas

*''La conquista del vello d'oro in Colco'' (booklet of D. Gisberti, 1674, Monaco) *''I portenti dell'indole generosa, ovvero Enrico terzo imperatore, duca di Baviera'' (booklet of D. Gisberti, 1675, Monaco) *''Il litigio del cielo e della terra'' (booklet of V. Terzago, 1680, Monaco) *''Erote ed Anderote'' (booklet of V. Terzago, 1686, Monaco)

Secular music

*''Concerto madrigalesco a tre voci diverse'' (3 voices and continuo) (Rome, 1669) * cantatas for soprano and continuo (manuscript)

Sacred music

*''Sacrae modulationes'' op. 2 (5 voices, 2 violins and continuo) (Munich 1691) *2 Masses for 16 voices in 4 choirs *23 sacred works (motettos, hymns, antiphons, 4-8 voices)

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* 1622 births 1687 deaths 17th-century Italian composers Italian Baroque composers Italian male classical composers Italian organists Male organists People from the Province of Viterbo Italian expatriates in Germany 17th-century male musicians {{Italy-composer-stub