Adami da Bolsena, Andrea
Adami da Bolsena, Andrea
Adami da Bolsena, Andrea, Italian castrato soprano and composer; b. Bolsena, Nov. 30, 1663; d. Rome, July 22, 1742. He studied in Montefiascone and Rome, where he entered the Sistine Chapel in 1678. After serving Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni (1689–99), he returned to the Sistine Chapel as maestro di cappella in 1700, a position he held until 1714. He publ. the valuable treatise Osservazioni per ben regolare il coro dei cantori della Cappella pontificia (Rome, 1711).
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