Quagliati, Paolo (c. 1555-1628)

Italian composer. He was organist at the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome from 1601. For the wedding of Carlo Gesualdo's daughter, Isabella, in 1623 he wrote a collection of instrumental pieces, entitled La sfera armoniosa.

Works Choral the dramatic cantata Carro di fedeltà d'amore (1806); motets; spiritual and secular madrigals and canzonets.

Other organ and harpsichord works.