Carlo Antonio [Carlo] Campioni [Carlo Antonio Campioni] (16/11/1720 - 12/04/1788), an Italian composer and maestro di cappella of the Florence cathedral. He was born in Lunéville. From 1763 until his death, he was maestro di cappella to the Grand Duke of Florence. He wrote music in a variety of forms, but was particularly prolific in instrumental music, publishing several sets of Trio Sonatas. He died in Florence.
Offertorio per Messa di Requiem
Period: | Classicism |
Composed in: | 1766 |
Musical form: | mass |
Text/libretto: | Latin mass |
Offertorio per Messa di Requiem written in 1766.
Messa solemne di requiem
Period: | Classicism |
Composed in: | 1781 |
Musical form: | mass |
Text/libretto: | Latin mass |
In memory of: | Maria Theresia (1717 - 1780), Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, Roman-German Empress |
This memorial requiem is dominated by an extended treatment of the sequence.
Author: | James W. Pruett |
Source: | The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians |
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Maria Theresia (dedicatee) |