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BENEDETTO See also:MARCELLO (1686-1739)
, - See also:Italian musical composer, was See also:born in 1686, either on the 31st of See also:July or on the 1st of See also:August
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He was of See also:noble See also:family (in his compositions he is frequently described as "Patrizio Veneto "), and although a See also:pupil of See also:Lotti and Gasparini, was intended by his See also:father to devote himself to the See also:law
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In 1711 he was a member of the See also:Council of See also:Forty, and in 1730 went to See also:Pola as Provveditore
.
His See also:health having been impaired by the See also:climate of See also:Istria, he retired after eight years to See also:Brescia in the capacity of Camerlengo, and died there on the 24th of July 1739
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See also:Marcello is best remembered by his Estro poetico-armonico (See also:Venice, 1724–1727), a musical setting for voices and strings
of the first fifty See also:Psalms, as paraphrased in Italian by G
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See also:Giustiniani
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They were much admired by See also: (1891) . |
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