CESTI  , MARC' See also:

• ANTONIO
• ANTONIO (1429—1498)
• ANTONIO, NICOLAS (1617-1684)

ANTONIO (162o ?–1669 ?), See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian musical composer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence about 162o . He was a See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil of See also:

• CARISSIMI, GIACOMO (c. 1604–1674)

Carissimi, and after holding a See also:

• POST

post somewhere in Florence as See also:

• MAESTRO

maestro di cappella entered the papal See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel in 166o . In 1666 he became See also:

• VICE

Vice-Kapellmeister at See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna, and died at See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice in 1669 . Cesti is known principally as a composer of operas, the most celebrated of which were La Dori (Venice, 1663) and II Pomo d' oro (Vienna, 1668) . He was also a composer of chamber-cantatas, and his operas are notable for the pure and delicate See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style of their airs, more suited to the chamber than to the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage .