FOGGIA, Francesco. — Musician, b. in Rome in 1605, d. there in 1688 and buried in S. Passede. He studied with Cifra, Nassini, and Agostini. He was maestro di cappella to the Elector of Cologne, Ferdinand Maximilian, then at the Bavarian court and to Archduke Leopold of Austria.
He then moved from the cathedrals of Narni and Montefiascone to the Roman churches of S. Maria in Aquiro, S. Maria in Trastevere, S. Giovanni in Laterano, S. Lorenzo in Damaso, and S. Maria Maggiore, where his successor was his son Antonio. Many works remain, including masses, sacred cantiones, litanies, psalms, offertories, etc., written between 1640 and 1681. In the *Lettera scritta dal sig. Antimo Lu-bevati in risposta ad una del sig. Guido Perrago* (Rome 1684), there is a high praise of F. F.’s music. Furthermore, Martini, in his *Saggi di contrappunto* (Bologna 1774–1775), analyzes some motets by the Roman musician.