Silvestro Durante (died 1672) was an Italian church musician and composer. Durante was a student of the composer

Giacomo Carissimi (Gian) Giacomo Carissimi (; baptized 18 April 160512 January 1674) was an Italian composer and music teacher. He is one of the most celebrated masters of the early Baroque or, more accurately, the Roman School of music. Carissimi established the ...

. From 1645 to 1662 he 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 ...

'' of the Basilica of

Santa Maria in Trastevere The Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere () or Our Lady in Trastevere is a titulus (Roman Catholic), titular minor basilica in the Trastevere district of Rome, and one of the oldest churches of Rome. The basic floor plan and wall structure of the ...

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, although in December 1637 he was already referred to as the "maestro" of church music at the Basilica, and in 1664 he was still called ''maestro di capella''.Scanned image from the Düben database
/ref> Some of Durante's works are in the

Düben collection The Düben collection is a collection of musical manuscripts named after the original collector, Gustaf Düben, held in the Uppsala University Library. It includes much 17th-century baroque music, in particular the only surviving copies of many wor ...

in the

Uppsala University Library The Uppsala University Library () at Uppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden, consists of 11 subject libraries, one of which is housed in the old main library building, Carolina Rediviva. The library holds books and periodicals, manuscripts, music ...

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1672 deaths Italian male classical composers Italian Baroque composers Year of birth unknown 17th-century Italian composers 17th-century Italian male musicians {{Italy-composer-stub