Agostino Agazzari (1578 - 1640)
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Agostino Agazzari (December 2, 1578 - April 10, 1640) was an Italian composer and music theorist.
Agazzari was born in Siena to an aristocratic family. After working in Rome, as a teacher at the Germanic College, he returned to Siena in 1607, becoming first organist and later choirmaster of the cathedral there. He was a close friend of Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, the early innovator of the basso continuo.

Agazzari wrote several books of sacred music, madrigals and the pastoral drama Eumelio ... (Read all)
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