Father Francesco Antonio Calegari (died 1742) was an Italian baroque music theorist, composer and priest. Calegari was

maestro di cappella ( , , ), from German (chapel) and (master), literally "master of the chapel choir", designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term has evolved considerably in i ...

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in 1705, and at the Basilica del Santo,

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in the 1720s. Several manuscript copies of his treatise on

consonance and dissonance In music, consonance and dissonance are categorizations of simultaneous or successive sounds. Within the Western tradition, some listeners associate consonance with sweetness, pleasantness, and acceptability, and dissonance with harshness, unple ...

survive. :The Italian

oratorio An oratorio () is a musical composition with dramatic or narrative text for choir, soloists and orchestra or other ensemble. Similar to opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an instrumental ensemble, various distinguisha ...

''La risurrezione di Lazzaro'' 1779, recorded under

Filippo Maria Bressan Filippo Maria Bressan (born 27 November 1957, in Este) is an Italian conductor. Training pianist, he studied conducting with several teachers, among whom stand out Jurgen Jürgens, for the choir conducting (of which he later became assistant), a ...

in 2000, is by Antonio CalegariThe Harvard biographical dictionary of music Don Michael Randel - 1996 "Calegari, Antonio (b. Padua, 17 Feb. 1757; d. there, 22 or 28 July 1 828)." Another Calegari from Padua was Giuseppe Calegari, composer of a ''

Betulia liberata ''La '' (''The Liberation of Bethulia'') is a libretto by Pietro Metastasio which was originally commissioned by Emperor Charles VI and set to music by Georg Reutter the Younger in 1734. It was subsequently set by as many as 30 composers, includin ...

'' (1771).

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18th-century Italian Roman Catholic priests 1742 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Italy-composer-stub