Ercole Bernabei, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ercole Bernabei

Italian composer and organist

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1622

Place of Birth: Caprarola, Lazio, Italy

Date of Death: 05-Dec-1687

Profession: composer, organist, choir director

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Ercole Bernabei

  • Ercole Bernabei (Caprarola (Latium), 1622 – Munich, 5 December 1687) was an Italian composer, chapel master and organist. Bernabei was born in Caprarola, and became a pupil of Orazio Benevoli in Rome.
  • From 1653 he served as organist at San Luigi dei Francesi as successor of Luigi Rossi.
  • In July 1665 Bernabei was appointed maestro di cappella at the Archbasilica of St.
  • John Lateran.
  • And from 1672 to 1674 he hold this post at the Cappella Giulia in St.
  • Peter's Basilica thanks to the protection of Christina, Queen of Sweden.
  • In Juli 1674 Bernabei and his pupil Agostino Steffani moved to Munich, where he superseded Johann Caspar von Kerll as Hofkapellmeister of Ferdinand Maria duke of Bavaria and an elector (KurfĂĽrst) of the Holy Roman Empire.
  • His daughter married another expatriate Italian musician, Gio Paolo Bombarda.
  • He was father to the composer Giuseppe Antonio Bernabei (Rome, 1649 – Munich, 9 March 1732). Ercole Bernabei died in Munich on 5 December 1687.

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