Luca Bati (c. 1546 – 17 October 1608) was an Italian

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composer and music teacher. One of his pupils was

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. Bati was born and died in

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. He was ''

maestro di cappella (, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...

'' of

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(1596) and then of the

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Court and

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(from 1598 to 1599). His dramatic music for Medici weddings and Florentine carnivals is lost but his surviving madrigals (1594, 1598) and sacred works are of high quality though not notably progressive.

Works

* ''II primo libro de Madrigali 5 voci'' (contains 23 madrigals by Bati and one each by Neri Alberti and Antonio Bicci), Venice, 1594 * ''II secondo libro de Madrigali 5 voci'' (contains 21 madrigals by Bati and one by

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), Venice, 1598 * Music for the

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to Giovan Maria Cecchi's ''Rappresentazione sacra Esaltazione della Croce'', Florence, 1589 * Music for Gino Ginori's ''Mascherata Le fiamme d'amore'', Florence, 1595 * Third and fourth chorus to '' Il Rapimento di Cefalo'' (text by

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, music mostly by

Giulio Caccini Giulio Romolo Caccini (also Giulio Romano) (8 October 1551 – buried 10 December 1618) was an Italian composer, teacher, singer, instrumentalist and writer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was one of the founders of the genre ...

with contributions by Stefano Venturi del Nibbio and Piero Strozzi), Florence, 1600

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* * . * Pannella, Liliana (1970)
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'', Vol. 7. Treccani. Online version retrieved 31 May 2017 . Italian male classical composers Italian Baroque composers 1540s births 1608 deaths 17th-century Italian composers 17th-century male musicians {{Italy-composer-stub

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