Silvestro Durante

Silvestro Durante (died 1672) was an Italian church musician and composer.

Durante was a student of the composer Giacomo Carissimi.[1] From 1645 to 1662 he was maestro di cappella of the Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere in Rome,[2] although in December 1637 he was already referred to as the "maestro" of church music at the Basilica,[3] and in 1664 he was still called maestro di capella.[4]

Some of Durante's works are in the Düben collection in the Uppsala University Library.

References

  1. ^ http://www.consortiumcarissimi.it/index_files/Page962.htm[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ Beekman C. Cannon: Music in the Archives of the Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere, Acta Musicologica, Vol. 41, Fasc. 3/4 (Jul.-Dec., 1969), pp. 199-212
  3. ^ Graham Dixon: The Cappella of S. Maria in Trastevere (1605-45): An Archival Study, Music & Letters, Vol. 62, No. 1 (Jan., 1981), pp. 30-40
  4. ^ Scanned image from the Düben database


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