Pietro Andrea Ziani, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pietro Andrea Ziani

Italian organist and composer

Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1616

Place of Birth: Venice, Venetian Province, Italy

Date of Death: 12-Feb-1684

Profession: composer, organist

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Pietro Andrea Ziani (1616 in Venice – 1684 in Naples) was an Italian organist and composer.
He was the uncle of Marc'Antonio Ziani.
Beginning in 1669, he was the organist at St Mark's Basilica and later moved on to serve Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg in Vienna.
His works included "L'Assalone punito" (1667) and the operas "La ricreazione burlesca" (1663), "L'invidia conculcata della virtù, merito, virtù, merito, valore di Leopoldo imperatore" (1664), "Cloridea" (1665), "Circe" (1665), "L'Elice" (1666) and "La Galatea" (1667).