Category talk:Stamegna, Nicolò

Italian composer. He was a priest. From 1635 to 1638 he was maestro di cappella of Spoleto Cathedral [..] He was maestro di cappella of Orvieto Cathedral until 1658 and then at Perugia (according to Pomponi). On 31 January 1659 he took up the post of maestro di cappella of S Maria Maggiore, Rome, and then moved to S Giacomo degli Spagnoli, where he remained from 1667 to 1684. [..] 1684 he went to the Santa Casa, Loreto, and remained there until his death.

Source: Judith Nagley: Nicolò Stamegna quoted from Grove Music Online accessed 07 February 2010

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