Stefano Fabri (ii) was an Italian composer born in 1606 in Rome who held several prestigious positions as maestro di cappella in Rome until his death in 1658. He was a pupil of G.B. Nanino and presided over music for seven choirs of voices and instruments at celebrations for the Jesuit order. In 1644 he became maestro di cappella of San Luigi dei Francesi, despite another composer seeking the position, and he held that role until 1656. Fabri was then appointed maestro of Santa Maria Maggiore but passed away 18 months later. He published a volume of psalms posthumously and is represented in anthologies of
Stefano Fabri (ii) was an Italian composer born in 1606 in Rome who held several prestigious positions as maestro di cappella in Rome until his death in 1658. He was a pupil of G.B. Nanino and presided over music for seven choirs of voices and instruments at celebrations for the Jesuit order. In 1644 he became maestro di cappella of San Luigi dei Francesi, despite another composer seeking the position, and he held that role until 1656. Fabri was then appointed maestro of Santa Maria Maggiore but passed away 18 months later. He published a volume of psalms posthumously and is represented in anthologies of
Stefano Fabri (ii) was an Italian composer born in 1606 in Rome who held several prestigious positions as maestro di cappella in Rome until his death in 1658. He was a pupil of G.B. Nanino and presided over music for seven choirs of voices and instruments at celebrations for the Jesuit order. In 1644 he became maestro di cappella of San Luigi dei Francesi, despite another composer seeking the position, and he held that role until 1656. Fabri was then appointed maestro of Santa Maria Maggiore but passed away 18 months later. He published a volume of psalms posthumously and is represented in anthologies of
Stefano Fabri (ii) was an Italian composer born in 1606 in Rome who held several prestigious positions as maestro di cappella in Rome until his death in 1658. He was a pupil of G.B. Nanino and presided over music for seven choirs of voices and instruments at celebrations for the Jesuit order. In 1644 he became maestro di cappella of San Luigi dei Francesi, despite another composer seeking the position, and he held that role until 1656. Fabri was then appointed maestro of Santa Maria Maggiore but passed away 18 months later. He published a volume of psalms posthumously and is represented in anthologies of
(b Rome, c1606; d Rome, 27 Aug 1658). Italian composer, son of stefano Fabri (i). A pupil of G.B. Nanino, he was maestro di cappella of the Seminario Romano, 1638–9, and of S Giovanni dei Fiorentini until 1644. While at the Seminario Romano he presided over music for seven choirs of voices and instruments at the centenary celebrations of the founding of the Jesuit order at the church of the Gesù in 1639, organized by Cardinal Antonio Barberini. On 7 October 1644 he became maestro di cappella of S Luigi dei Francesi. This position, to which Romano Micheli hoped to be appointed, should have been assigned by competition, but the papal singers, who had already refused to sing under Micheli because of his hostile attitude to the papal chapel, sought and obtained the abolition of the competition and the appointment of Fabri, who held the post until December 1656. On 25 February 1657 he was appointed maestro of S Maria Maggiore but died 18 months later. Like his father he seems to have published no collection of his music, though a volume of psalms in the concertato style appeared posthumously, and he is well represented in anthologies of the time devoted to sacred music, again by pieces for small forces. WORKS [14] Salmi concertati, 5vv (Rome, 1660) Motets in 16421, 16431, 16432, 16452, 16462, 16471, 16472, 16481, 16501, 16521, 16542, 16551, 16562
Ps Confitebor tibi, 9vv, I-Rvat 14 motets, 2–5vv, Bc, Rvat, S-Uu BIBLIOGRAPHY R. Casimiri: ‘Romano Micheli (1575–1659) e la Cappella Sistina del suo tempo’, NA, iii (1926), 233–45, esp. 238 R. Casimiri: ‘“Disciplina musicae” e “mastri di cappella” dopo il Concilio di Trento nei maggiori istituti ecclesiastici di Roma: Seminario romano – Collegio germanico – Collegio inglese (sec. XVI–XVII)’, NA, xv (1938), 49–64, esp. 59 H. Wessely-Kropik: ‘Mitteilungen aus dem Archiv der Arciconfraternità di San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, detta della Pietà in Rom’, SMw, xxiv (1960), 44– 60, esp. 49 G. Dixon: ‘Musical Activity in the Church of the Gesù in Rome during the Early Baroque’, Archivum historicum societatis Jesu, xlix (1980), 323–37 J. Burke: Musicians of S. Maria Maggiore Rome, 1600–1700, NA, new ser., ii (1984), suppl., p.18 J. Lionnet: La musique à Saint-Louis des Français de Rome au XVIIe siècle, NA, new ser., iii (1985), suppl., pp.74–5, 80–83, 90, 95, 146 ARGIA BERTINI/NOEL O'REGAN