Stefano Fabri (c. 1560 – 1609, or ''Fabbri'', ''Stefano Fab(b)ri senior'') was an Italian composer, organist and furthermore he was known to play the trombone. He succeeded Ruggiero Giovanelli as

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

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in Rome.

Family and background

He was born in

Orvieto Orvieto () is a city and ''comune'' in the Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy, situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff. The city rises dramatically above the almost-vertical faces of tuff cliffs that are compl ...

as the son of the flemish musician Franceso Fabri, who also had been his first teacher of music. His son Stefano Fabri jr. had been the teacher of Francesco Beretta - also a director of music at the Vatican.

Biography

His career began at the cathedral of his birth place in Orvieto. First he was a singer but he also played the organ and the trombone later on. In 1599 he left his position in Orvieto to succeed Ruggiero Giovanelli but they also seem to have been Co-workers.Klaus Peter Fischer ''Die Psalmkompositionen in Rom um 1600'' Page 115 1979 "Den ersten Chor leitete Stefano Fabri, der damals Kapellmeister von St. Peter war; den weiten Chor dirigierte Ruggiero Giovanelli, den dritten ..." He kept this employment until 1601. 1601-1607 he worked at the Lateran and then he advanced to be the director of music at S. Loreto. Besides his function also a director of music at the Vatican, the Lateran and S. Loreto, where he stayed until the end of his life, he also composed for S. Luigi dei Francesi and S. Maria Maggiore. His burial place is near to S. Loreto.Giancarlo Rostirolla, La Cappella Giulia 1513-2013: Cinque secoli di musica sacra in San Pietro, I magistero di Stefano Fabri (1599-1601), Bärenreiter-Verlag, 10. April 2018, pp. 345-346,https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/stefano-fabbri/, anon., Fabbri, Stefano

Works

He was well-known as a capable couterpointist. He composed antiphones (Codice n.42, Cappella Giulia XV 62). Further examples are: * ''Litaniae lauretanae'' * ''A poco a poco more'', a secular piece of music in ''Musica di diversi eccellentissimi musici'' by Angelo Gardano (1604) As an example of his composition is to be found at the Bibliotheque nationale de France, Gallica: * https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b103157524.image, Tu es Petrus. Motteta à 8 chori a 4 v. con organodel sigr. Stefano Fabri, maestrodi cappella in S. Luigi di Francesi in Rom

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External links

* https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/stefano-fabbri/, about Stefano F. sen. * https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/stefano-iunior-fabri_(Dizionario-Biografico), concerning his son {{DEFAULTSORT:Fabri, Stefano 1560s births 1609 deaths Year of birth uncertain 16th-century Italian composers 17th-century Italian composers

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