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Landi, Stefano

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Landi, Stefano (b Rome, c.1586; d Rome, 1639). It. composer and teacher. Singer in Rome churches up to 1618 when he became choirmaster to Bishop of Padua, where he wrote his first opera, La Morte d'Orfeo. Returned to Rome 1620, serving Borghese and Barberini families. Sacred opera Il Sant' Alessio (1632), perf. at Barberini palace, had elaborate stage effects, and was first opera to have ovs. in the form of sinfonias. One of musicians chosen by Pope Urban VIII in 1634 to prepare new hymn-book pubd. in Antwerp in 1643 (now lost). His Arie, of which he pubd. six books, are conventional.

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