Mattei, Stanislao - Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. VIII, p. 299

Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

MATTEI, STANISLAO. - Of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, musician, born in Bologna on Feb. 10, 1750, died there on May 12, 1825. A pupil of Fr. G. B. Martini, in August 1770, while still a deacon, he was appointed coadjutor to his master (with the right of succession)

Article illustration — (courtesy of Msgr. A. P. Frutaz) MATRONEO - M. in the Basilica of S. Agnese (7th century) - Rome.

in the direction of the musical chapel of the church of S. Francesco in Bologna. Upon the death of the latter, he succeeded to the teaching of counterpoint and fugue at the Musical Lyceum of the Bolognese Philharmonic, "the best school that Italy boasted in those times."

M. composed a great deal of music, especially ecclesiastical, marked by his master's restrained style: correct and traditional, but somewhat sedate and academic. Teaching absorbed almost entirely the activity of M., and from his highly regarded and frequented school emerged illustrious musicians, including Giovanni Pacini, Gioacchino Rossini, who retained a grateful and vivid memory of him, and Gaetano Donizetti. Worthy of consideration is the publication Pratica di accompagnamento musicale sopra i bassi numerati (Bologna 1825-30), which was reprinted several times thereafter.

BIBL.: F. Canuti, Vita di S. M. Bologna 1829; id., Osservazioni sulla vita di S. M., ivi 1830; J. A. de la Fage, Notice sur la vie et les ouvrages de S. M., Parigi 1839; D. Sparacio, Il p. S. M., in Miscell. francesc., 20 (1919), pp. 43-49; D. Stella, Serie dei maestri di cappella Minori Conv., ibid., 22 (1921), pp. 134-38; 23 (1922), pp. 122-41. Lavinio Virgili