Family and background
He was born inBiography
His career began at the cathedral of his birth place in Orvieto. First he was a singer but he also played the organ and the trombone later on. In 1599 he left his position in Orvieto to succeed Ruggiero Giovanelli but they also seem to have been Co-workers.Klaus Peter Fischer ''Die Psalmkompositionen in Rom um 1600'' Page 115 1979 "Den ersten Chor leitete Stefano Fabri, der damals Kapellmeister von St. Peter war; den weiten Chor dirigierte Ruggiero Giovanelli, den dritten ..." He kept this employment until 1601. 1601-1607 he worked at the Lateran and then he advanced to be the director of music at S. Loreto. Besides his function also a director of music at the Vatican, the Lateran and S. Loreto, where he stayed until the end of his life, he also composed for S. Luigi dei Francesi and S. Maria Maggiore. His burial place is near to S. Loreto.Giancarlo Rostirolla, La Cappella Giulia 1513-2013: Cinque secoli di musica sacra in San Pietro, I magistero di Stefano Fabri (1599-1601), Bärenreiter-Verlag, 10. April 2018, pp. 345-346,https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/stefano-fabbri/, anon., Fabbri, StefanoWorks
He was well-known as a capable couterpointist. He composed antiphones (Codice n.42, Cappella Giulia XV 62). Further examples are: * ''Litaniae lauretanae'' * ''A poco a poco more'', a secular piece of music in ''Musica di diversi eccellentissimi musici'' by Angelo Gardano (1604) As an example of his composition is to be found at the Bibliotheque nationale de France, Gallica: * https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b103157524.image, Tu es Petrus. Motteta à 8 chori a 4 v. con organodel sigr. Stefano Fabri, maestrodi cappella in S. Luigi di Francesi in RomFurther reading
* Giancarlo Rostirolla, La Cappella Giulia 1513-2013: Cinque secoli di musica sacra in San Pietro, I magistero di Stefano Fabri (1599-1601), Bärenreiter-Verlag, 10. April 2018 *Grove, George; Dictionary of Music and Musicians; London: Macmillan and Co.Weblinks
* https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/stefano-fabbri/, about Stefano F. sen. * https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/stefano-iunior-fabri_(Dizionario-Biografico), concerning his sonReferences
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fabri, Stefano 1560s births 1609 deaths Year of birth uncertain 16th-century Italian composers 17th-century Italian composers