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Rovetta, Giovanni

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Rovetta, Giovanni (c. 1595-1668)

Italian priest and composer. He learnt music as a choirboy at St Mark's, Venice, and in 1623 was appointed a bass in the choir there. He was ordained priest, became vice-maestro di cappella at St Mark's in 1627, and maestro di cappella in succession to Monteverdi in 1644.

Works

Church and secular music

Masses, motets, psalms; madrigals.

Opera

Ercole in Lidia (1645) and Argiope (1649).



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