Francesco Foggia ( baptized 17 November 1603 – 8 January 1688) was an Italian Baroque composer.

Biography

Foggia was a

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at the

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of the Jesuits in

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, and was a student of Antonio Cifra, and Paolo Agostini. Perhaps his family was in contact with Giovanni Bernardino Nanino, ''maestro di capella'' at

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. Later, he was probably employed at the court of the

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n Elector Maximilian I in

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and then again in

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. He served in various churches in Rome as ''maestro di capella'' and infrequently as an organist. From October 1634 he served for two years at the chapel of St. Mary in Trastevere; from December 1646 to 1661 he was '' Kapellmeister'' of the Patriarchal

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. In 1667, while music director of the Basilica of

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, he published a collection, ''Psalmodia Vespertina'', containing

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s, and

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s. From 1677 until his death, he was chapel master at the papal basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, and while there published his valedictory ''Offertoria'' (1681). That publication has been linked to

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's of about a century before. His son Antonio succeeded him in the same position at Santa Maria Maggiore. His wife Eugenia died on 12 March 1683; Foggia died on 8 January 1688 and was buried in the church of

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in Rome.

Works (selection)

Foggia's works were known outside the areas he worked - Italy, Munich and Vienna. For example, while he never worked in France, 7 of Foggia's motets survive in a collection by Danican Philidor, along with motets by

Carissimi (Gian) Giacomo Carissimi (; baptized 18 April 160512 January 1674) was an Italian composer and music teacher. He is one of the most celebrated masters of the early Baroque or, more accurately, the Roman School of music. Carissimi established the ...

, Daniel Danielis, Pierre Robert and

Lully Jean-Baptiste Lully ( , , ; born Giovanni Battista Lulli, ; – 22 March 1687) was an Italian-born French composer, guitarist, violinist, and dancer who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he ...

.French baroque music from Beaujoyeulx to Rameau James R. Anthony - 1978 "Out of 72 petits motets, 32 are by Carissimi, 13 by Daniel Danielis, 7 by Francesco Foggia and 10 each by Robert and Lully." *''Beatus ille servus'', 4-part motet for

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and basso continuo, Braun-Peretti Bonn 1984 *''Beatus vir qui timet dominum'', Manuscript in the papers of Gustav Düben, edited by C. Hofius Ammerbuch, 2007 *''Celebrate o fideles'' (1646), Manuscript in the papers of Gustav Düben *''Cessate, deh, Cessate'' for soprano and basso continuo, ''Cantio Sacra'', vol. 38, ed. Rudolf Ewerhart, Verlag Edmund Bieler Köln 1976 *''Confitebor tibi domine'', Manuscript in the papers of Gustav Düben, edited by C. Hofius Ammerbuch, 2007 *''David fugiens a facie Saul'', oratorio *''De valle lacrimarum'' for soloists and basso continuo, ''Cantio Sacra'', vol. 28, ed. Rudolf Ewerhart, Verlag Edmund Bieler Köln *''Dixit Dominus Domino meo'', C. Hofius Ammerbuch, 2007 *''Domine quinque talenta'', Manuscript in the papers of Gustav Düben *''Egredimini addicte Christi nomini'', Manuscript in the papers of Gustav Düben *''Eccelsi lumini cultures'', Manuscript in the papers of Gustav Düben *''Exultantes et laetantes'', Manuscript in the papers of Gustav Düben *''Gaudete jubilate o gentes'', C. Hofius Ammerbuch, 2007 *''Hodie apparuerunt voluptates'', Manuscript in the papers of Gustav Düben *''Laetamini cum Jerusalem'', Manuscript in the papers of Gustav Düben *''Laeta nobis refulget dies'', Manuscript in the papers of Gustav Düben *''Laetantes canite diem laetitia'', Manuscript in the papers of Gustav Düben, edited by C. Hofius Ammerbuch, 2008 *''Laetatus sum in his'', Manuscript in the papers of Gustav Düben *''Laudate Dominum omnes gentes'', Manuscript in the papers of Gustav Düben, edited by C. Hofius Ammerbuch, 2007 *''Laudate Pueri Dominum'', C. Hofius Ammerbuch, 2007 *''Magnificat'' for 5 voices and basso continuo *''Magnificat concertata con instromenti di 6 tono'' for 9-voice choir and instruments, C. Hofius Ammerbuch, 2007 *''Quare suspiras in dolore anima mea'' *''Serve bone et fidelis'' *''Tobiae oratorium'', oratorio *''Victoria Passionis Christi'', oratorio

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Foggia, Francesco Italian Baroque composers Italian Baroque 1603 births 1688 deaths Italian male classical composers Place of birth missing Place of death missing 17th-century Italian composers 17th-century male musicians

Biography

Works (selection)

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