Rampini, (Giovanni) Giacomo

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Rampini, (Giovanni) Giacomo

Rampini, (Giovanni) Giacomo , Italian composer, uncle of Giacomo Rampini; b. Padua, 1680; d. there, May 27, 1760. He became a priest and served as maestro di cappella at Padua Cathedral from 1704 until his death.

Works

DRAMATIC : Opera : Armida in Damasco (Venice, Oct. 17, 1711); La gloria trionfante d’amore (Venice, Nov. 16, 1712); Marco Attilio Regolo (Verona, 1713); Èrcole sul Termo-donte (Padua, June 1715). OTHER : Concerto a cinque for Strings and Basso Continuo (Amsterdam, c. 1717); 4 oratorios: Christo al cenacolo (Padua, 1707), L’angelo di Catiglione (Padua, June 21, 1712), II trionfo della costanza (Padua?, 1717), and David pentito (Padua, 1728); Mass; Requiem.

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