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Francesco Usper

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Also known as Francesco Spongia

Italian composer

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Vinony's link graph records 14 inbound references to Francesco Usper, and connects out to Croatia, Venice and Claudio Monteverdi.

Vinony files it under 1561 births, 1641 deaths and 17th-century Italian composers.

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Person · Open Library

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  • Seventeenth-Century Italian Motets with Trombones

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Italy
Active from
1561-11-01
Active to
1641-02-24

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Francesco Usper (real name Spongia or Sponga) (1 November 1561–24 February 1641), was an Italian composer and organist born in Rovigno, Istria (now Rovinj). He settled in Venice before 1586 and is associated with the confraternity St. Giovanni Evangelista, Venice. He spent most of his life there, serving as organist, chaplain, manager of the adjoining church (the S. Salvador) and administrative officer. Usper studied under Andrea Gabrieli and apparently <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/France

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Instance of
human
Given name
Francesco
Gender
male
Place of birth
Rovinj
Place of death
Venice
Occupation
organist
Position held
chaplain
Languages spoken
Italian
Student of
Andrea Gabrieli
Instrument
pipe organ
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date of birth
1561-11-01
date of death
1641-02-24
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