Marco Scacchi
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1602
- Died
- approximately 1681
- Works
- 3
Top works
- The Scacchi/Siefert controversy with translations of Marco Scacchi, "Cribrum musicum" and Paul Siefert, "Anticribratio musica"
- Cribrum musicum ad triticum Siferticum
- Cribrum musicum
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Marco Scacchi (ca. 1600 – 7 September 1662) was an Italian composer and writer on music.[1] Scacchi was born in Gallese, Lazio. He studied under Giovanni Francesco Anerio in Rome. He was associated with the court at Warsaw from 1626, and was kapellmeister there from 1628 to 1649. His 1643 treatise Cribrum musicum accused Paul Siefert of having poor technique, leading to a war of words which lasted years. He then returned to Italy after falling ill, where he concentrated on writing about music t
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marco
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Gallese
- Place of death
- Gallese
- Occupation
- music critic
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Student of
- Giovanni Francesco Anerio
- Genre
- classical music
- Movement
- Baroque music
- Instrument
- violin
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- date of death
- 1685-00-00
- date of birth
- 1602-01-01
- Commons category
- Marco Scacchi
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