Andrea Falconieri (1585 or 1586 – 1656), also known as Falconiero, was an Italian composer and

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nist from

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

. He resided in

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from 1604 until 1614, and later moved to

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, and then back to his native Naples, where in 1647 he became ''maestro di cappella'' at the

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* * Italian Baroque composers 1580s births 1656 deaths Italian male classical composers 17th-century Italian composers 17th-century male musicians {{italy-composer-stub