Stefano Fabri junior (born c. 1606 in Rome; died 27 August 1658 in Rome) was the son of Stefano Fab(b)ri (1560–1609), who was the

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of the Cappella Giulia. He was the pupil of

Giovanni Bernardino Nanino Giovanni Bernardino Nanino (ca. 1560 – 1623) was an Italian composer, teacher and singing master of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras, and a leading member of the Roman School of composers. He was the younger brother of the some ...

.Argia Bertini, revised by Noel O’Regan; ''Fabri abbri Stefano (ii)''_; Oxford University Press 2021, 20 January 2001, Published online: 2001, über: https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/search?q=Fabri+Stefano&searchBtn=Search&isQuickSearch=true and the music teacher of

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Biography

He was the director of music at the Seminario Romano (1638-1639) and following until 1644 at S. Giovanni dei Fiorentini. Afterwards he stayed at S. Luigi de’ Francesi until 1657. He is claimed to have been the director of music of the ensemble of the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in 1648 - definitely he is mentioned there beginning in 1657. He is also supposed to have been offered employment as a director of music for

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in Rome in 1654, but Baini reports

Orazio Benevoli Orazio Benevoli or Benevolo (19 April 1605 – 17 June 1672), was a Franco-Italian composer of large scaled polychoral sacred choral works (e.g., one work featured forty-eight vocal and instrumental lines) of the mid-Baroque era. He was born ...

to have been the Maestro there at that time.https://musopen.org/de/music/composer/stefano-fabri/, Stefano Fabri Notenblättermusik A compilation of several compositions (Florido, ''Cantiones Sacrae ab Excell. Musices Auctoribus'') notices him as ''Maestro in S. Pietro in Vaticano''.Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG),Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik, Sachteil 8, Herausgeber Finscher, Ludwig; ISBN 9783761811092, p. 1698 A severe outbreak of pestilence in 1656 made

Pope Alexander VII Pope Alexander VII ( it, Alessandro VII; 13 February 159922 May 1667), born Fabio Chigi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 April 1655 to his death in May 1667. He began his career as a vice- papal legate, an ...

forbid all public events in Rome. Despite all that Fabri was made the maestro at Santa Maria Maggiore and in 1657 he advanced to be the director of music of the private chapel of the Borghese family at the same church.http://www.hoasm.org/VG/Fabri.html, Stefano Fabri (1605?-1657)

Works

About twenty of his compositions had been published during his lifetime. Several compilations of all the composers of that time were edited by Domenico Bianchi, Filippo Beretti, Giovanni Poggioli and especially by Florido de Silvestris. His brother-in-law and Giacomo Fei published his ''Magnificat'' and the ''Salmi concertati''. Many polychoral compositions have been preserved, for example pieces of music like the ''Magnificat'', ''Confitebor'', ''Laudate pueri'', etc.. In Santa Maria Maggiore exists a copy of a mass in five parts. * ''Motets a 2-5'', Rome 1650 * ''Salmi concertanti'', 1660

Sheet music

* Fabri, ''Credidi propter quod locutus sum'': https://musopen.org/de/music/39022-credidi-propter-quod-locutus-sum/ * Fabri, Emendemus in melius (3 voices, B. continuo): https://musopen.org/de/music/39023-emendemus-in-melius/

Recordings

* Choral Concert: Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir - FABRI II, S. / BERNHARD, C. / VESI, S. / PERANDA, G. / SCHMELZER, J.H. (Laudate!); Catalogue: Proprius PROP7800; Naxoshttps://www.naxos.com/person/Stefano_Fabri_II/23670.htm, STEFANO FABRI II (1606 - 1658) * Choral Concert: Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir - FABRI II, S. / BERNHARD, C. / VESI, S. / PERANDA, G. / SCHMELZER, J.H. / FOGGIA, F. (Laudate); Catalogue: Proprius PRCD9100; Naxos

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