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Manfredini, Francesco

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MANFREDINI, FRANCESCO. - Musician, b. in Pistoia around 1688, d. there in 1748.

An expert violin player, first at the Accademia dello Spirito Santo in Ferrara, then at St. Petronio in Bologna, in 1718 he entered the service of the Duke of Bavaria in Munich, and in 1734 he became maestro di cappella at the cathedral of Pistoia.

He wrote the oratorios: St. Philip Neri, The Siege of Samaria, The Double Sacrifice of Calvary, The Expulsion from the Earthly Paradise, The Sacrifice of Jephthah, all performed with success in Pistoia. In Bologna he gave Thomas More, which confirmed the M.'s good name. He also composed Sinfonie da chiesa for 2 violins and bass for organ and a viola with a Pastorale for Christmas (Bologna 1709); Concerti (12) for 2 violins and b. c. obbligato... with a Pasto-

rale for Christmas (ibid. 1718).

Bibliography

BIBL.: L. Frati, Per la storia della musica a Bologna nel sec. XVII, in Rivista music. ital., 32 (1926), p. 4 ff.

Silverio Mattei

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), col. 1956.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Manfredini, francesco.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 1956. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/manfredini-francesco.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Manfredini, francesco.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1956. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/manfredini-francesco.

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  author    = {Mattei, Silverio},
  title     = {Manfredini, francesco},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {1956},
  note      = {Cited by column},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/manfredini-francesco}
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