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BERNARDO See also:PASQUINI (1637-1710)
, See also:Italian musical composer, was See also:born at See also:Massa in Val di Nievole (See also:Tuscany) on the 8th of See also:December 1637, He was a See also:pupil of See also:Marcantonio See also:Cesti and See also:Loreto Vittori
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He came to See also:Rome while still See also:young and entered the service of See also:Prince See also:Borghese; later he became organist of St Maria See also:Maggiore
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He enjoyed the See also:protection of See also:Queen See also:Christina of See also:Sweden, in whose See also:honour an See also:opera of his, Dov' e amore a pieta, was produced in 1679
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During Alessandro See also:Scarlatti's second sojourn in Rome (1703–1708), See also:Pasquini and See also:Corelli were frequently associated with him in musical performances, especially in connexion with the Arcadian See also:Academy, of which all three were members
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Pasquini died at Rome on the 22nd of See also:November 1710, and was buried in the See also: |
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