Pietro Baldassare or Baldassari was a

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, possibly born in

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about 1683. Baldassari was ''maestro di cappella'' at San Filippo Neri in Brescia from 1714 until about 1768. He was also ''maestro di cappella'' at

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, Brescia until 1754. He died some time after 1768. Few of the compositions attributed to him survive. Some of these are: *Componimento per musica, ''Il giudizio di Paride'' *Sonata No. 1 in F for cornett, strings and basso continuo

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