Francesco Antonio Urio (1631/32 – c. 1719) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era.
Life
Urio was born in Milan in 1631 or 1632, and died there in (or after) 1719.
Urio held ''maestro di cappella'' posts in:
Spoleto's Cathedral (1679), Urbino (1681–83), Assisi, Genoa,
Santi Apostoli in Rome (1690),
Frari in Venice (1697), and at S. Francesco in Milan (1715–19).
Urio was a member of the
Franciscan order.
Legacy
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque music, Baroque composer well known for his opera#Baroque era, operas, oratorios, anthems, concerto grosso, concerti grossi, ...
reused Urio's work, including parts of the ''Te Deum,'' in works such as
''Saul'', ''
Israel in Egypt'', ''
L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato'', and the ''
Dettingen Te Deum''.
Works
Urio's works include:
*''Motetti di concerto a 2, 3, e 4 voci con violini e senza'' (Op. 1) (Rome, 1690)
*''Salmi concertati a 3 voci con violini'' (Op. 2) (Bologna, 1697).
*''Te Deum'' (c. 1700).
Friedrich Chrysander published the work in Denkmäler der Tonkunst (Volume V, Bergedorf, near Hamburg, 1871), and later as Supplement 2 of the
Händel-Gesellschaft
Between 1858 and 1902, the Händel-Gesellschaft ("German Handel Society") produced a collected 105-volume edition of the List of compositions by George Frideric Handel, works of George Frideric Handel. Even though the collection was initiated by ...
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*''Tantum ergo'' for soprano and bass continuo (Abschrift in der Bibliothek des Royal College of Music London)
*Oratorium ''Gilard ed Eliada'', Milan, Biblioteca Estense, mus.f.1200
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Italian Baroque composers
Italian Baroque
1630s births
1710s deaths
Italian male classical composers
Italian Franciscans
18th-century Italian composers
18th-century male musicians
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