Orazio Benevoli

Orazio Benevoli Sheet Music

  • Born: 19th April 1605
  • Died: 17th June 1672
  • Birthplace: Rome, Italy

Orazio Benevolo or Benevoli was a Franco-Italian composer of large scaled polychoral sacred choral works. He was born in Rome, to a French baker and confectioner, Robert Venouot, which name was Italianized to Benevolo. Benevolo was a choirboy at San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome(1617–23). Later, he assumed posts as maestro di cappella at Santa Maria in Trastevere (from 1624); then, at Santo Spirito in Sassia (from 1630); and, eventually, at his old church, San Luigi dei Francesi (from 1638). Benevolo served as Kapellmeister in the court of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria from 1644 to 1646.

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