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GIOVANNI CARLO MARIA See also:CLARI
, See also:Italian musical composer, See also:chapel-See also:master at See also:Pistoia, was See also:born at See also:Pisa about the See also:year 1669
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The See also:time of his See also:death is unknown
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He was the most celebrated See also:pupil of See also:Colonna, chapel-master of S
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Petronio, at See also:Bologna
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He became See also:maestro di cappella at Pistoia about 1712, at Bologna in 1720, and at Pisa in 1736
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He is supposed to have died about 1745
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The See also:works by which See also:Clari distinguished himself pre-eminently are his vocal duets and trios, with a basso continuo, published between 1740 and 1747
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These compositions,
which combine graceful See also:melody with contrapuntal learning, were much admired by See also:Cherubini
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They appear to have been admired by See also:Handel also, since he did not hesitate to make appropriations from them
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Clari composed one See also:opera, Il Savio delirante, produced at Bologna in 1695, and a large quantity of See also: |
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